Soldier profiles
Name : WHITE, RUSSELL BOYNTON
Service Number : NX69757
Date of Birth : 02/10/1913
Place of Birth : HAMILTON, VIC
Known as : RUSTY
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 20/03/1941
Locality on Enlistment : LAVENDER BAY, NSW
Place of Enlistment : PADDINGTON, NSW
Next of Kin : WHITE, ELSIE
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : LIEUTENANT
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : NEW GUINEA
Actions : NADZAB
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : N/A
Date Died : 10/11/1943
Age at Death : 30
Community Roll of Honour : HAMILTON (VIC)
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : LAE MEMORIAL, PAPUA NEW GUINEA. PANEL 4. / AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIAL COMMEMORATIVE AREA PANEL 73
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : 10/11/1943 / NEW GUINEA / PRESUMED KILLED
P.O.W. (location/s) : NO
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. Camps (details) : N/A
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : N/A
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial F-NEWGUINEAANDPAPUA-0009 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 4615143 [DIGITISED], Barcode 21793613 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Australian War Memorial, AWM_015903.jpg
Background : Son of Albert and Caroline White; husband of Elsie Maude White, of Willoughby, New South Wales. Patrol under Lieutenant R. B. White's sent to observe enemy movements along Paipa Kankiryo road encountered heavy fire half mile beyond Tom's Post (north-east of Dumpu). Lieutenant R. B. White fell wounded, could not be rescued and was later posted missing presumed dead.
