WILLIAM WHITE (2248) of the 48th Battalion A.I.F - An Anzac Day Post

WILLIAM WHITE (2248) 48TH BATTALION A.I.F

Service Record of William White B2455 [1]

One of my favourite courses in the Diploma of Family History, which I studied through the University of Tasmania, was called Families at War. This course required me to choose a WW1 soldier to research as a case study. I selected my husband's grandfather, William White to investigate. I knew little of William's WW1 experience other than that he had lost fingers during the war and had been unable to work at his trade of French Polishing after the war ended. 

While researching the WW1 story of Wiiliam White, I gained a deeper insight into the devastating impact that war inflicted upon families.  As I read Battalion Diaries, Letters from soldiers at fighting on the violent front in France, and as I delved deep into war records, William White's wartime experience became much more real to myself and my family. 

William White, Photograph in possession of family member

THE STORY BEGINS

The decision made by Private William White 2248 of the 45th Battalion A.I.F. to enlist in the Australian army in 1916 during World War One, was likely influenced by his membership in the Grand United Order of Oddfellows, a society which encouraged its members to fight for God, King and Country.

TO READ MORE...

I have saved this story in PDF form only and cannot copy and paste it easily to this blog. As an Anzac Day tribute to William White 2248 of the 48th Battalion A.I.F, I am attaching it to this bog post HERE.

FOOTNOTES

1.Service Record of William White, B2455, National Archives of Australia, p. 20.