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WHITE, Herbert William
(Service number 11/334)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank Sergeant

Birth

Date 31/01/1880 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Cairns, Waipukurau
Occupation Gentleman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs Stella Elizabeth WHITE (wife), Cairns, Waipukurau
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Wellington Mounted Rifles
Date 16 October 1914
Transport Orari or Arawa
Embarked From Wellington Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Wellington Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

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 28 January 1916 Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Wounded at Gallipoli.

Post-war Occupations

Sheepfarmer

Death

Date 6 January 1954 Age 73 years
Place of Death Napier
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Wharerangi Cemetery, Napier
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Herbert William White ws the son of John William White and Sarah (Ellie, née Shoobridge). John was from County Limerick, Ireland, while Sarah was born in Tasmania, Australia. Sarah White died in 1912. John White, the Crown solicitor in Timaru, was the owner of the five acre propeerty know as "Grassmere". After his death in 1927, the property was broken up for housing. Both Grasmere and White streets are named after the family. Herbert married Stella Elizabeth Campbell in 1908.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [06 August 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 August 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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