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WHITE, William Frederick Osborne
(Service number 78604)

Sutherlands War Memorial, pictured in 2007
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First Rank Private Last Rank

Birth

Date 28/11/1898 Place of Birth Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Sutherlands, South Canterbury
Occupation Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs J. M. WHITE (mother), Sutherlands, Canterbury
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 40th Reinforcements, A Company
Date 10 July 1918
Transport Tahiti
Embarked From Destination Plymouth, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials Sutherlands War Memorial (W. WHITE - also served)

Biographical Notes

William Frederick Osborne White was the eldest of the three sons of Ernest and Jeanie Marshall (née Cleland) White. he was educated at totara Valley and Sutherlands schools in South Canterbury. On 28 September 1922 at Timaru, William married Susannah Miller (Phyllis) Copeland.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 August 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [11 August 2017]

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