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Ralph White

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3/4 portrait of Lance Corporal (Corporal in the nominal roll) Ralph White, Reg No 14518, of the Auckland Infantry Battalion, - A Company, 14th Reinforcements. Killed in action in France on 4 October 1917 at the Battale of Passchendaele. (Photographer: Herman Schmidt, 1916). Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 31-W1308. No known copyright.

3/4 portrait of Lance Corporal (Corporal in the nominal roll) Ralph White, Reg No 14518, of the Auck …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Ralph AWMM
  • Surname
    White AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Ralph White AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 14518 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs J. White (mother), 5 Ludgate, Belmont Terrace, Kirkintillock, Scotland AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 14518 AWMM
  • Military service
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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Ralph White was the son of Robert and Janet White, of 5 Belmont Terrace, Kirkintilloch, Scotland. Served in the South African Campaign with 2nd Battalion Scots Guards. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    4 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 36 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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28 November 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
19 April 2015JohnNew ZealandResearcher

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