William Campbell WHITE

Regimental number26726
Date of birth19 July 1893
Place of birthThames Goldfield
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 6.5"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinFather, Frederick Hodgetts White, Tahuna
Enlistment date30 May 1916
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 65 Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialPasschendaele New British Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row B, Grave No 1), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: F.H. & E.A. White, Tahuna, Morrinsville
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 25 September 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 21 November 1916, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 7 January 1917; taken on strength, 4th Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, and posted to B Company, 7 February 1917.

Wounded in action, 20 May 1917 (gun shot wound, left forearm), and admitted to 3rd NZ Field Ambulance; transferred to 2nd NZ Field Ambulance, 21 May 1917; to NZ Reinforcements Camp, 4 June 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 18 June 1917.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 27 February 1918, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 12 October 1917'.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 39
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22018681