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Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14893, 16 October 1918, Page 1 (Supplement)

! Sergeant William C. White, whoso death has been reported from France, . whs the eldest son of Mr William 'White of Greymouth, and brother of ,Mr James White, of Richmond. Ser- ! geant White, who was a native of Otajgo, was engaged as a foreman at the. Barrytown claim prior to his joining the ' New Zealand Expeditionary Force. He left New -Zealand with the Main Body as i\ trooper, and after training in Egypt served witVthc mounted men on Gallipoli as an infantry man from April, 1915, to August of the fame year, when •ive was wounded while noting as a stretcher-bearer. lie was decorated with the French Modaille Miiitaire for his act of bravery in carrying v-minded men under'fire. On r?c.-ovenng from his wounds, Sergeant White joined the loth Howitzer Battery ns a gunner, nr;d went to France in January, 1917, . where lie wr.r, promoted to bombardier before *,voee<?dmg into action. After pr-wino; about two months w>th that battery, he was isecorntod with the Ber- . V.i'M> >!fHlal for dist;H2uished bravery ■ utr.ler fire. Immediately after being ■ cu'ewted with this medal he • i-oreive-.l furtbl^ promotion, being made J ■ a corporal. After serving continuously : in Franco'for a further period of ten : months with the some battery. Sergeant : White, again distinguished himself" by - remaining with the battery under F heavy fire, and was decorated with the I B.C.M. and promoted to the rank of . sergeant. |