Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Henry White

Service number 2402
Ranks Held Lieutenant Colonel, Sergeant
Birth Date 09/05/1882
Birth Place Australia: Victoria, Ballarat
Death Date 07/08/1915
Death Place Ottoman Empire: Turkey, Marmara, Gallipoli Peninsula
Final Rank Lieutenant Colonel
Service Australian Imperial Force
Units
  • 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
  • 8th Australian Light Horse Regiment
Places
Conflicts/Operations
  • South Africa, 1899-1902 (Boer War)
  • First World War, 1914-1918

Rolls

Timeline

Date of birth 09/05/1882
Date of enlistment 21/09/1914
Date of embarkation 25/02/1915
Other 1915-11-03 - 1915-08-07 Commanding Officer of the 8th Light Horse Regiment until he was killed in action.
Date of death 07/08/1915 Killed in action at The Nek.