WHITE, Alexander George
| Service Numbers: | VX26804, 429754 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 June 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Aircraftman |
| Last Unit: | 1 Embarkation Depot |
| Born: | Violet Town, Victoria, Australia, 15 July 1920 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Bright, Indi, Victoria, Australia, 3 October 1978, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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World War 2 Service
| 14 Jun 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX26804 |
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World War 1 Service
| 14 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX26804, 3 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment RAA |
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World War 2 Service
| 20 Oct 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX26804 | |
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| 20 Oct 1942: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Gunner, VX26804, 3 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment RAA | |
| 21 Oct 1942: | Enlisted 429754 | |
| 21 Oct 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 429754, 1 Embarkation Depot | |
| 11 Mar 1943: | Discharged 429754 | |
| 11 Mar 1943: | Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 429754, 1 Embarkation Depot | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Gunner, VX26804 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Alex was the only son of George Frederick White (born 1880 in Violet Town, Victoria) and second wife Florence Jessie Smith (born 1893 in Colac, Victoria). George was a Grazier and Florence a School Teacher when they married in Violet Town in 1918. George's first wife Jenny died in 1916 when their house 'Kingston Grove' at Boho was burned down - the children were sent to live with their grandparents in Brunswick.
Alex grew up in the small rural community of Boho - a farming and forest region near Violet Town. He was nineteen years of age when he enlisted in the Army in June 1940 and served as a Gunner (Service No:VX330) with 3 Light Anti Aircraft Regiment RAA until he was Discharged on 20 October 1942. Alex then enlisted in the RAAF on 21 October 1942, and was an Aircraftman 2 (Service No:429754) attached to 1 Embarkation Depot Ascot Vale when he was Discharged on 11 March 1943. Brothers-in-Law Captain Ronald Errington Campbell (Service No:VX330), William Leslie Parker (ACMF, Private, Service No:V353907) and Harold Dean Parker (RAAF, Leading Aircraftman, Service No:120822) also served in WWII/
In 1940 Alex married Hilma Parker (born 1918 in Melbourne, Victoria) and following the War they lived in Melbourne where Alex worked as a Clerk. In 1954 they were in Violet Town where Alex was a Farmer, and then moved to Henty in SW Victoria where Alex was a Grocer. Alex and Hilma moved again to Mulgrave in Melbourne where Alex worked as a Nurseryman until his Death in 1978. Hilma died in 1996.