Tom Warren White
Australian soldier and businessman
About Tom Warren White
Lived 1902 – 1993 (aged 90–91).
Brigadier Tom Warren White, (28 November 1902 – 14 June 1993) was an Australian soldier who served during the Second World War.
Early life Tom was born in Brisbane, Queensland on 28 November 1902, the third son of John Warren White and Elizabeth Matilda Rosa Georgina Barker. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Australian Army Staff Corps in 1924. He was seconded to the Royal Scots Greys (2nd Dragoons) between 1926 and 1927 in India and attended the Staff College, Camberley from 1937 to 1940. White had been appointed as commanding officer. Whilst en route, the battalion was diverted to Ceylon to defend it from a possible Japanese invasion.
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Australian soldier and businessman
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Tom Warren White was born in 1902.
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Tom Warren White died on 14 June 1993.
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