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Sgt. John James White
Australian Imperial Force 22nd Btn. Australian Infantry
from:Aspendale, Victoria
(d.3rd March 1917)
Jack White died on 3rd March 1917, aged 29 and is buried in the Queant Road Cemetery in France.
He was the son of Arabella Beddoe White and the late Charles White of Durban, Foster St., Aspendale, Victoria. Born at Baringhup, Victoria.
Listed as missing, presumed killed in action, his name is engraved on the wall at Villers-Bretonneux. In 1994, some 77 years after his death, his remains were found quite close to the Digger Memorial at Bullecourt. A re- internment ceremony with full military honours saw him finally laid to rest at Queant Road on October 11th, 1995. The photograph shows Jack with his wife Lillian Isabella Mildenhall and children, Colin (1913-1983) and baby daughter Myrle who was only 10 months old when Jack enlisted in 1916. Myrle was aged 80 when she attended the re internment service in France.