Wilfred Allen WHITE

Birthplace
Cunnamulla
Resided
Toowoomba
Occupation
Farmer
Enlisted
30-May-1915
Place
Enoggera
Age
23
Status
Single
Service No
396
Rank
Private
Unit
11th Light Horse Regiment, A Squadron
Embarked
2-June-1915
Place
Sydney
Active Service
Egypt, Gallipoli
Highest rank
N/A
Honours and Awards
No
Fate
How Died
Killed in action
Date
03-September-1915
Place
Monash Valley, Gallipoli
Cemetery or Memorial
Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Notes

Also named on Toowoomba Mothers’ Memorial, St Stephen’s Uniting Church Toowoomba Fallen Soldiers’ Memorial and Drayton War Memorial.

 

Wilfred White landed at Gallipoli in August 1915 and was transferred to the 2nd Light Horse. Five days later he was killed in action near the Monash Valley supply depot.

25 soldiers named on the Roll of Honour died during the Gallipoli campaign.