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WHITE, Robert Victor
(Service number 91482)

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Birth

Date 28 December 1879 Place of Birth Belfast, Northern Ireland

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 27 Plunkett Street, Kelburne, Wellington
Occupation Journalist
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Married
Next of Kin Mrs R. M. WHITE (wife), 15 Palm Road, Northland, Wellington
Religion Presbyterian
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Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

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Death

Date 8 October 1962 Age 82years
Place of Death Wellington
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Memorial or Cemetery Cremated Karori, Wellington
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert Victor White was the elder son and first born of the Reverend William White and his wife Agnes Jane née Carleton. William and Agnes married in January 1879 in Northern Ireland, their first three children being born there. In about 1885 they came to New Zealand. The Rev White and his family spent a few years at Pleasant Point, during which time their fourth child, William, was born. Robert was educated at Pleasant Point and at Wallacetown in Southland. He married Ruth Mary Mundey in 1913. His younger brother, William Theodore White, served in World War I.

Sources

School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [05 November 2019]; Karori cremation records (Wellington City Council) [08 November 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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