| Date of birth |
1876-09-23 |
St Arnaud, VIC. |
| Date commissioned |
1897 |
Commissioned into the 2nd Queensland Regiment. |
| Other |
1898 |
Passed an exam for a commission in the Permanent Military Forces, in the Queensland Artillery. |
| Date commissioned |
1899-06 |
Was commissioned into the Queensland Regiment of the Royal Australian Artillery. |
| Other units |
1902-02 |
Served in the Boer War as a junior officer with the Commonwealth Light Horse. |
| Date returned to Australia |
1902-07 |
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| Other |
1904 |
Appointed Aide de Camp to Major General Hutton, the general officer commanding the AMF. |
| Other units |
1906 - 1907 |
Attended the British Staff College at Camberley, England. Was the first AMF officer to attend the college. |
| Date promoted |
1908 |
Promoted to captain after he returned to Australia, and posted to the staff of the Chief of Intelligence. |
| Other units |
1908 - 1911 |
Returned to England on an exchange posting to the War Office. |
| Other |
1911 |
Recalled to become the Director of Military Operations, with the rank of major. |
| Other |
1914-07 |
Acting Chief of General Staff, AIF. |
| Other |
1914-08 |
Chief of staff of the 1st Australian Division, AIF, with the rank of lieutenant colonel. |
| Date of honour or award |
1915-06-03 |
Created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) in recognition of his service assisting with the plans for the landing at Gallipoli. |
| Date promoted |
1915-10 |
Promoted to brigadier general. |
| Date of honour or award |
1916-03-14 |
Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB). |
| Date promoted |
1917-01-01 |
Promoted to temporary major general. |
| Date of honour or award |
1917-03-09 |
Montenegrin Medal for Merit - Gold. |
| Other |
1917-07 |
Rejected an offer to command the Australian corps |
| Date of honour or award |
1918-01-01 |
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St John (CMG). |
| Other units |
1918-05-31 |
Appointed major general General Staff of 5th British Army. |
| Date of honour or award |
1918-07-12 |
Belgian Croix de Guerre. |
| Date promoted |
1918-11-30 |
Promoted to temporary lieutenant general. |
| Date of honour or award |
1919-01-01 |
Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG). |
| Date returned to Australia |
1919-07 |
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| Date of honour or award |
1919-08-21 |
Portuguese Military Order of the Avis - Grand Officer. |
| Other |
1920-01 |
Appointed to the committee to examine the future structure of the Army. |
| Date promoted |
1920-02 |
Promoted to the substantive rank of major general, back dated to 1 January 1919. |
| Other |
1920-06-01 - 1923-06-01 |
Appointed Chief of General Staff, AIF. |
| Date of honour or award |
1920-10-15 |
Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO). |
| Date of honour or award |
1921-01-21 |
Japanese Order of the Rising Sun - 2nd Class. |
| Date of honour or award |
1921-02-03 |
French Croix de Guerre. |
| Other |
1923 |
Resigned from the Army to become the first Chairman of the Public Service Board. |
| Date of discharge |
1923-06-01 |
White resigned from the Army to become the first Chairman of the Public Service Board. |
| Date of honour or award |
1927-07-08 |
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB). |
| Other |
1928 |
Retired from position as first Chairman of the Public Service Board. |
| Other |
1940-03-15 |
Recalled to active duty and enlisted in the 2nd AIF. White was promoted to full general and reappointed as Chief of the General Staff. |
| Date of death |
1940-08-13 |
Killed in a plane crash near Canberra airport. |
