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Samuel Robert WHITE

Regimental number765
Place of birthCastleblayney, Monoghan, Ireland
SchoolMcKelvey's Grove National School, Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia22
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDraper
AddressNewry, Ireland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 9"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinBrother, H White, Newry, Ireland
Enlistment date17 March 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name22nd Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/39/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on 10 May 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll22nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 26 August 1916
Place of death or woundingPozieres, France
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No 1 (Plot VII, Row E, Grave 7), Beaumont-Hamel, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
98
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Mary Jane WHITE
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked, Melbourne, 8 May 1915; embarked, Alexandria, Egypt, to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 30 August 1915; returned from 'D' Camp, Tel-el-Kebir, Egypt, 8 January 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 March 1916; disembarked, Marseilles, France, 26 March 1916.

Killed in action, France, 26 August 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, WHITE Samuel Robert

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