WHITE, Henry Ernest
| Service Number: | 4941 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Richmond, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 28 June 1891 |
| Home Town: | Northam, Northam, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Perth, Western Australia, Australia, 26 June 1957, aged 65 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Karrakatta Cemetery & Crematorium, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Quairading War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 4941, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Involvement Private, 4941, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Apr 1916: | Embarked Private, 4941, 16th Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Ulysses, Fremantle | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 12 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 3rd Training Battalion , HQ | |
| 18 Feb 1918: | Transferred Private, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
| 25 May 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 1 Jul 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4941, 48th Infantry Battalion, France : GSW back | |
| 18 Sep 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 4941, 48th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Jan 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 4941, 48th Infantry Battalion, per City of Exeter | |
| 12 Apr 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 4941, 48th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Tim was the eldest of four children of John Samuel White (born 1863 in Perth, WA) and first wife Frances Mary Browning (born 1864 in Essex, England). John was a Civil Servant when he married Frances in 1889 in Perth, WA, and they lived in Perth, Bunbury and Narrogin where John was a Civil Servant (Westralian Farmers). He was a Farmer at Quairading in WA when Tim enlisted in the AIF.
Tim was a Farmer at Northam, WA when he enlisted in the AIF in December 1915. He served as a Private (Service No:4941) with 16th, 51st and 48th Infantry Battalions and as a Lance Corporal attached to HQ 3rd Training Brigade in 1917/1918. Tim was WiA in France on two occasions - suffering a GSW to his back in July 1918. Tim was Discharged in April 1919. Brother-in-Law Charles Edward Parkin (Private, Service No:9493) also served in WWI.
In November 1919 Tim had returned to Yoting near York in WA and was a Farmer when he married Beatrice (Bea) Louisa Parkin (born 1912 in Melbourne, Victoria) in South Perth, WA. Bea was a Lady's Help.
Tim and Bea lived in Yoting near York, WA where Tim was a Farmer until his Death in 1957. Bea died in 1968.
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