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John Joseph  White

Name on Board JJ White
Name on Service
Records
John Joseph   White
Enlistment Age 24
Occupation Butcher
Place of Birth Warracknabeal, Vic
Next of Kin Samuel and Norah Ann White
Address 49 Davis St, Newport, Vic
Marital Status S
Enlistment Date 23/02/1915
Service No. 6646 and R6646
Enlistment Place Keswick, SA
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 2/10/1916
Embarkation Ship HMAT Nestor A71
Unit on Embarkation 5th Australian Infantry Battalion
Date of Death 10/02/1917
Unit on Death 5th Australian Infantry Battalion
Rank on Death Private
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
France
Cemetery or Memorial Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery, Bazentin, Picardie, France
Additional Information John Joseph White originally enlisted under Service No. 3663 and embarked from Adelaide on HMAT Geelong A2 on 31 May 1915.   He returned to Australia in September 1915 and re-embarked from Australia in October 1916 under a different Service Number.
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