Studio portrait of H/610 Able Seaman (AB) Dennis Francis White, RAN, attached to the Merchant ...

Accession Number P09106.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital print
Maker Unknown
Date made 1940
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

Studio portrait of H/610 Able Seaman (AB) Dennis Francis White, RAN, attached to the Merchant Navy, of Collinsvale, Tas. A farmer prior to enlistment, he embarked from Hobart on 8 January 1940. A crew member of DEMS Wollongong, AB White died at sea on 29 April 1943, aged 28. He has no known grave and his name is commemorated on the Plymouth Naval Memorial, United Kingdom.