WHITE, William Frederick Osborne
(Service number 78604)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 28 November 1898 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Sutherlands, South Canterbury | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs J. M. WHITE (mother), Sutherlands, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 40th Reinforcements, A Company | ||
| Date | 10 July 1918 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | Age | ||
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| 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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