Clarence Sinclair White

  General Notes:

Clarence died in a Motor Cycle accident - Inquest held.

Argus (Melbourne, Vic.) Wednesday 6 June 1928.
WHITE -On the 4th June (result of accident), at Prahran, Clarence Sinclair White (late 44th Batt. A.I.F.) the dearly loved youngest son of David and Mary White of 31 Caroline street, South Yarra, loving brother of Dave, Tom (deceased, A.I.F.), George, Gladys (Mrs Halliday). and Bruce, aged 29 years.

White, Clarence Sinclair
Service Number: 3586
Rank/Calling: Private
Unit: 44 Infantry Battalion - 7 to 9 Reinforcements (January-July 1917)
Ship Name: HMAT Port Melbourne
Ship Number: A16
Date of Embarkation: 24/07/1917
Place of Embarkation: Albany
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Clarence Sinclair White enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 6/6/1917. His next of kin was his father David White whose address was John Street, North Fremantle. The Certificate of Medical Examination describes Clarence as - 18 years 7 months, height - 5 feet 2 inches, weight - 125 pounds, chest measurement - 32/34 inches, complexion - fair, eyes - blue, hair - fair and religious denomination - Church of England. His distinctive marks were - 3 vacs.
Clarence was admitted to the military hospital Porkhouse, England on the 21/9/1917 with the mumps and discharged to Depot on 12/10/1917. He applied to the Dental Unit and was transferred to 52 Dental Unit on the 4/4/1918 and was sent to France on the 19/1/1919. Sent back to England 28/5/1919
He was admitted to hospital with septic tonsilitis on the 9/6/19.
Clarence returned to Australia per H.T. “Mahana” and was discharged on 5/12/1919.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Dental Mechanic.

Clarence married Martha Elizabeth Johnson, daughter of Frederick James Johnson and Margaret Sarah Scanlon, in 1926 in Victoria Australia. (Martha Elizabeth Johnson was born in 1905 in Grantville, Victoria Australia and died in 1935 in Carlton, Melbourne, Victoria Australia.)