White, Harold Fletcher

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White backed the regional economic and educational innovations of the 1930s and 1940s: he was a director of the New England and North-West Producers Co. Ltd and was active in the movement to obtain wool-selling facilities at Newcastle; he was also a director of Armidale Newspapers Ltd. He sat on the council of The Armidale School and supported the campaign for a university college at Armidale. From ADB entry

Book of Remembrance entry

C.M.G., D.S.O., C. de G., Arts and Eng. : Lieutenant-Colonel 36th, 33rd and 35th Battns., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 7th March, 1916, and sailing 1st May as captain, commanding D Coy. 33rd Battn., crossed to France and moved into the Line 22nd November in Armentieres sector, where wounded 8th February, 1917. On recovery rejoined battn. and was in charge of its extreme right flank in Battle of Messines. Promoted lieutenantcolonel, 13th April, 1918, at Villers-Bretonneux and placed in command of 36th Battn. and, on the breaking up of this battn. 30th April, returned to 33rd as C.O., transferring to 35th on 16th June and serving until demobilisation. Made a C.M.G. in 1918; awarded D.S.O.* in 1917, and C. de G. in 1918 and Mentioned in Despatches four times. Early education at The Armidale School. Later at St. Paul's College. * He led his company to the attack with exceptional dash over difficult ground and under heavy gas and shell bombardment. By his great cheerfulness and disregard of personal danger, he kept the morale of his men at its highest, under incessant artillery fire, repulsed a counter-attack and successfully organised the consolidation.

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1883

Birth in Armidale -- NSW, Australia 13 June 1883
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Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia
1894

Early education at The Armidale School, Armidale, NSW, Australia 1894
1904

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1904
1906

Grazier at Guyra -- NSW, Australia 1906
1911

Married 19 Oct 1911
1911

Served as a Councillor 1911 - 1929 @ Guyra [ NSW Australia ]
1916

Enlisted 7 Mar 1916
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Military service as Lieutenant Colonel at France --, France
1917

Military award: D.S.O. on 1917
1918

Military award: C.de G. on 1918
1918

Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on 1918
1924

Permit Inspector at Guyra -- NSW, Australia 1924
1932

Member of Legistlative Council at New South Wales -- NSW, Australia 1932
1936

Member of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research CSIR since 1936
1938

Member of Advisory Council New England University College 1938 - 1953
1947

Member of Advisory Committee at Guyra -- NSW, Australia 1947
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Military award: C.M.G. on
1971

Death in Armidale -- NSW, Australia 20 February 1971

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Male

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