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Victorian Naval Forces Muster

for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1853-1910)*

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Last Name:White
First Name:John
Rank:Chief Armourer
Birth Date: 03-10-1851
Branch:Victorian Navy

John White

Chief Armourer

John White, Chief Armourer.

JOHN WHITE

 

1851 - Born (Southsea Hampshire) (3 October)    Father John WHITE,  Mother   Ellen Charlotte SCOTT

 

1862 – (age 11) Arrived in Australia  with family (Ship - Accrington)

 

 

1873 – (age 22) Marriage to (Matilda WALLACE) in Dunedin NZ

 

 

1874 - (age 23) Birth of first child (William John WHITE) in NZ 

 

 

1878 - (age 27) Joined the Victorian Navy - (5 September)

 

 

1881 - (age 30) Aboard Cerberus during torpedo accident – (5 March)  at Queenscliff, VIC.  (Occupation – Armourer CPO)

 

1881 - (age 30) Birth of second child (Frederick Victor John WHITE) in Williamstown, VIC. 

 

1897 September 16 - J. White (Armourer) discovered fracture in the right trunnion of the left gun after turret.

(HMVS Cerberus log book, September 16 1897)

 

 

1902 – (age 51) Death of wife (Matilda WALLACE)

 

 

1903 – (age 52) Electoral Roll – 34 Princes Street, Williamstown, VIC (Occupation – Ironworker)

 

1903 – (age 52) Marriage to (Eda Bertha HAWKER) in Williamstown, VIC

 

 

1904 - (age 53) Birth of third child (Elsie Myrtle WHITE) in Williamstown, VIC. 

 

 

1904 - (age 53) Retired from the Victorian Navy – (17 September)

 

 

1907 - (age 56) Birth of fourth child (Cyril WHITE) in Williamstown, VIC. 

 

 

1914 – (age 63) Electoral Roll – 34 Princes Street, Williamstown, VIC  (Occupation – Carpenter)

 

1916 - (age 65) Birth of fifth child (Edna Maud WHITE) in Newport, VIC. 

 

 

1919 – (age 68) Electoral Roll - 34 Princes Street, Williamstown, VIC (Occupation – Carpenter)

 

1931 – (age 80) Death at Williamstown, VIC - (21 April) (Occupation – Chief Armourer)

 

1931 - Buried at Williamstown Cemetery - (23 April)  INDEP  D  13.5 002



photo provided by Ian MacFarlane Defending Victoria website

 

More details on this person can be found in the Victorian Navy Certificates of Service This is a very large pdf file of 119 mb and takes 13 minutes to download with a 1.5 mbps internet connection.

 

* 1853 is given as the commencement date for the Victorian Navy as this is the year that Commander Lockyer (RN) went to Britain to superintend the building of HMCS Victoria.
Although the Victorian Navy ended in 1901 the career of Cerbeus etc continued. In 1910 the new ships started arriving & manning levels increased.

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