William Alfred WHITE

Regimental number11/1505
Date of birth9 April 1891
Place of birthAlfredton
ReligionPresbyterian
Address124 Wallace Street, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 6"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J B Blaine, 124 Wallace Street, Wellington
Previous military serviceServed in No 4 Company, NZ Engineers.
Enlistment date14 June 1915
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 28 Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankDriver
Final unitNo 4 Company, New Zealand Army Service Corps
FateDischarged in Egypt 31 May 1919
Discharge date31 May 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Posted to unit, Mudros, 4 October 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 25 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to 5th Company, Army Service Corps, Zeitoun, 24 January 1916.

Reposted to Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Ferry Post, 26 March 1916.

Transferred to 5th Company, Army Service Corps, in the field, 2 August 1917, and appointed Temporary Wheeler Corporal.

On Detachment, Port Said Rest Camp, 3 October 1917; rejoined unit, 13 October 1917.

Admitted to 35th Casualty Clearing Station, 9 January 1918; transferred to Ambulance Train No 6, 10 January 1918, and admitted to 45th Stationary Hospital, El Arish (debility); transferred to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 14 January 1918; to 29th General Hospital, Abbassia, 18 January 1918; to Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, 6 February 1918; discharged to Base, Moascar, 21 March 1918.

On detachment, Port Said Rest Camp, 21 March 1918; rejoined Training Regiment, 1 April 1918.

Appointed Temporary Staff Sergeant Wheeler, 25 July 1918; relinquished temporary rank, 25 August 1918.

Appointed Temporary Staff Sergeant Wheeler, 19 October 1918; reverted to Driver at own request, 28 November 1918.

Admitted to 26th Casualty Clearing Station, 11 December 1918 (haemorrhoids), and transferred to Hospital Train; admitted to 78th General Hospital, Belah, 16 December 1918; discharged to duty, 21 December 1918.

On detachment to YMCA, Esbekjeh Gardens, Cairo, 4 January 1919.

Application for discharge in Egypt approved, 21 March 1919.

Discharged in Egypt, 31 May 1919.

War service: 3 years 252 days (of which 2 years 292 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Sixth
Date of death15 November 1979 Wellington
Age at death88
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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