Studio portrait of 3169 Private (Pte) Charles Edward White, 34th Battalion from Yass, NSW. A 19 ...

Studio portrait of 3169 Private (Pte) Charles Edward White, 34th Battalion from Yass, NSW. A 19 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 31 August 1916, his original records were lost and he re-signed officially on 19 January 1917. He embarked for overseas with the 7th Reinforcements of the 34th Battalion from Sydney on 24 January 1917 aboard HMAT Anchises. Pte White was transferred temporarily to the 63rd Battalion on 28 August 1917 but returned to the 34th on 2 September 1917 after the two battalions joined forces. Private White had several periods in hospital suffering from trench feet and, later from appendicitis. He had an appendectomy at Ypres, Belgium on 12 November 1917. Sometime between 2 and 5 April 1918, while serving in the Somme sector, he was severely wounded in the spine, was transferred to a hospital in England on 18 April and died of his wounds on 23 May 1918. He is buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery in Surrey, UK.