New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37584

About

Born in New Zealand

15 July 1887

Parents

Mother

Francis White

Father

Edgar Douglas White

Residence

Hometown

Karangahake

Work

Occupation

Quarry-manager

Employer

Rising Sun Gold Mining Company

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

Mirnemuri Rifles

6 years in New Zealand

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 63

28 May 1951

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 69/0121378, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Edgar Douglas White (1887-1951)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/902