Alexander Henry WHITE MID

WHITE, Alexander Henry

Service Number: 2402
Enlisted: 21 September 1914
Last Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Last Unit: 8th Light Horse Regiment
Born: Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 9 May 1870
Home Town: Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria
Schooling: Grenville College, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Maltster
Died: Killed In Action, The Nek, Gallipoli, 7 August 1915, aged 45 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials: Hampton RSL Gallipoli Memorial Gardens, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Marysville Gallipoli Park
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Boer War Service

1 Jun 1899: Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, 1st Victorian Mounted Rifles
1 Oct 1899: Involvement Sergeant, 2402, 4th Battalion, Australian Commonwealth Horse

World War 1 Service

21 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Light Horse Regiment
25 Feb 1915: Embarked 8th Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne
25 Feb 1915: Involvement 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: ''
22 May 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
27 Jun 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, SW to scalp
7 Aug 1915: Involvement 8th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 8 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Lieutenant Colonel awm_died_date: 1915-08-07
7 Aug 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant Colonel, 8th Light Horse Regiment, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli
5 Nov 1915: Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Posthumous

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