Ralph WHITE

Regimental number14518
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs J White, 5 Ludgate, Belmont Terrace, Kirkintillock, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed with the 2nd Bn, Scots Guards, British Army, in the Boer War, South Africa.
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
The Infantry component of the 14th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunaganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 1), nr Ieper, Belgium,
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Janet White, 5 Belmont Terrace, Kirkintilloch, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 3

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