Bruce Harold White
- Born: 26 Jun 1894, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Died: 1973, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria Australia at age 79
- Buried: 24 Dec 1973, Fawkner Crematorium & Memorial Park, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
General Notes:
White, Bruce Harold
Service Number: 3273
Rank/Calling: Private
Unit: 9 LHR [Light Horse Regiment] - 21 to 34 Reinforcements (August 1916 - April 1918)
Ship Name: RMS Morea
Ship Number:
Date of Embarkation: 26/02/1917
Place of Embarkation: Fremantle
Service Record
Name WHITE, BRUCE HAROLD
Service Australian Army
Service Number V144445
Date of Birth 26 Jun 1894
Place of Birth FOOTSCRAY, VIC
Date of Enlistment 12 Dec 1941
Locality on Enlistment MIDDLE BRIGHTON, VIC
Place of Enlistment ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin WHITE, F
Date of Discharge 13 Jul 1942
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 3 DIS ORD W/SHOPS
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No
Bruce Harold White enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 28/8/1916.
The Certificate of Medical Examination describes Bruce as :- 23 years and one month, height - 5 feet 5 and 3 quarter inches, weight - 128 pounds, chest measurement - 32/36 inches, complexion - fresh, eyes - brown, hair - brown and religious denomination - Church of England. His distinctive marks were - 3 vacs left arm.
Bruce fought in the middle east and on 30/6/1917 was admitted to hospital with pleurisy and trensferred to Cairo, then on 30/10/1917 was transferred to Pt. Said Res Camp. He was returned to Australia on the “Wiltshire” with Tuberculosis Pleurisy and discharged on 29/12/1917.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Labourer.
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