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Gordon Leslie WHITE

Regimental number644
Place of birthBroken Hill, New South Wales
SchoolDistrict School, South Australia
ReligionMethodist
OccupationGardener
AddressEast Street, Hectorville, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs A S White, East Street, Hectorville, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed with School Cadets.
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name32nd Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/49/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A2 Geelong on 18 November 1915
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from
The 32nd Bn (Headquarters, Signallers, A, B, C, and D Companies) embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on two ships, HMAT A2 'Geelong', on 18 November 1915, and HMAT A13 'Katuna', on 24 November 1915. The Embarkation Roll does not distinguish between these ships, and it is therefore not possible from the Embarkation Roll to ascertain on which ship an individual embarked.
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll32nd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1918
Age at death21.7
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row H, Grave 5), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
121
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Reid WHITE.
Family/military connectionsUncle: Albert Thomas Ticklie, killed Bullecourt, France, 11th April 1917, M.M.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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