Lieutenant J.M. White

Regiment: Army Veterinary Corps
Date published: 09/06/1916
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 16/03/1916
Age at death: 32
Cemetery: Henu Churchyard, Pas de Calais, France
Plot: West side.
Information: Lieutenant J.M. White, A.V.C., was the third son of Mrs. White, Tulla, Co. Clare, and nephew of James White, M.D., J.P., Kilkenny. He qualified at the Royal Veterinary College, Dublin, in 1910, and subsequently entered the service of the British South African Co., Rhodesia. On the outbreak of the war he returned at his own expense to join the colours. He contracted pneumonia while on active service in France and died on March 16th, 1916. Lieutenant White was a young man of splendid physique and a noted football and golf player.