WHITE, Frederick
| Service Number: | 2522 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 May 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | Australian Provost Corps |
| Born: | Wingham, New South Wales, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Wingham, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Station Hand |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, France, 21 May 1918, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy-sur-Somme Plot II, Row C, Grave 6, Crouy British Cemetery, Crouy St Pierre, Amiens, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Wingham St. Matthew's Anglican Church Memorial Lynch Gate |
World War 1 Service
| 2 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 5 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2522, 17th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2522, 17th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Sydney | |
| 21 May 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2522, Australian Provost Corps , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2522 awm_unit: Anzac Provost Corps awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-21 |
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"...2522 Private (Pte) (later Trooper (Tpr)) Frederick White, 17th Battalion (later Anzac Provost Corps), of Wingham, NSW. A station hand in the Marlee district of NSW before enlisting on 2 May 1915, Tpr White embarked from Sydney on HMAT Themistocles with the 5th Reinforcements on 5 October 1915. On 3 April 1916 he was taken on strength of the newly formed Anzac Provost Corps in Egypt. He was attached to the 2nd Anzac Headquarters in France on 3 July 1916 as a Trooper. He was wounded in action on 20 June 1917 and received treatment in France. On 20 May 1918, he was severely wounded in the head and leg when a German shell landed in a farmyard near Daours. He died of his wounds on 21 May 1918 at the 47th Casualty Clearing Station. His brother, 1627 Pte Russell White, served in the 30th Battalion, and was also killed in action, on 20 July 1916 at Fromelles." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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