Profile

WHITE, Kenneth Cecil
(Service number 13/976)

Aliases
First Rank Quartermaster Sergeant Last Rank

Birth

Date 29/05/1882 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Tokomaru Bay
Occupation Station Manager
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs J. A. FRASER (sister), Hastings; also Mr J. W. WHITE, Grassmere, Timaru, on return of soldier
Religion Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 4th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Auckland Mounted rifles
Date 17 April 1915
Transport Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Embarked From Wellington Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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 Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Sheepfarmer

Death

Date 12 October 1946 Age 64 years
Place of Death Hastings
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Kenneth Cecil White was the youngest 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. Kenneth married Kathleen Harriette Douglas in 1924.

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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