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Benjamin David WHITE

Regimental number979
Place of birthCapella, Queensland
SchoolState School, Queensland
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCleaner
AddressCapella, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Charles White, Railway Department, Capella, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name42nd Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/59/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A30 Borda on 5 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll42nd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 28 April 1918
Place of death or woundingMorlancourt, France
Age at death21.3
Place of burialBonnay Communal Cemetery Extension (Row C, Grave 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
136
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Emma Louisa WHITE.
Other detailsSon of Charles and Emma Louisa White, Capella, Queensland
Place of burialBonnay Communial Cemetery Extension. Row C, Grave No. 9

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