LEST WE FORGET
Sergeant William WHITE
Service No: 3937
Born: Sydney NSW, 28 December 1904
Enlisted in the RAAF: 4 January 1939 (at RAAF Station Laverton VIC)
Unit: No. 24 Squadron
Died: Illness, Brisbane QLD, 13 February 1942, Aged 37 Years
Buried: Brisbane General Cemetery QLD
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Charles Henry and Llouella White; husband of Selma Ernestine White, of Duranbah, New South Wales
Roll of Honour: Murwillumbah NSW
Remembered: Panel 102, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 12 February 1942, Sergeant White, a Fitter II Airframe, was admitted to Brisbane General Hospital suffering from meningitis and he died the following day.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/177/217