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Name: Avery Frederick White

DOB: 16th September 1918

Rank: Lance Corporal

Service Identity Number: 6202766

Service/Regiment/Corp: Middlesex

Unit:

Died:

Avery Frederick White

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Personal history before the war

Avery White was born in 1918.

Wartime experience

Avery was in the Middlesex Regiment and based in Hong Kong. He was taken prisoner at the Fall of Hong Kong on Christmas Day 1941 and in September 1942 he was sent to Japan on the Lisbon Maru. He survived the sinking and spent the rest of the war as a POW in Japan.

Personal history post-war

Avery migrated with his wife and daughter to Australia. Avery's best mate, Reg Cotton, who was in the Middlesex and on the Lisbon Maru, also migrated to Australia. He lived most of his life in Sydney and moved to the far north in later life. He was a big part of my childhood.

Additional photographs (Click an image to expand and see all images)
Avery White who survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru.
Avery White who survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru.
Avery White who survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru.
Avery White who survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru is on the far right of the photograph.
Lieutenant Colonel Stewart speaking at a dinner.
The men pictured at the same dinner where Lieutenant Colonel Stewart is speaking.
Avery White's friends Graham Ruck and Alfred Bright who were also in the Middlesex and survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru. On the back was written Just to remind you of your two Tomadashis
Avery White's friends Graham Ruck and Alfred Bright who were also in the Middlesex and survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru. On the back was written Just to remind you of your two Tomadashis
Thought to be Avery White's sister's son, who may also have been on the Lisbon Maru. Written on the back is Cousin Reg.
Avery White at the back of the photo. Written on the back Guerilla soldiers after their surrender to British soldiers when Japs pushed them over British Territory. Taken not long before Avery White's capture.
Middlesex men recuperating in Canada after the war. Avery White who survived the sinking of the Lisbon Maru took the photograph.

The above information was provided by Rowena Moore daughter of Avery White.

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