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Name	Sir Thomas Walter White
Born	26 April, 1888 North Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Died	13 October, 1957 (aged 69) South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cultural Heritage	English Includes subject's nationality; their parents' nationality; the countries in which they spent a significant part of their childhood, and their self-identity.
Related Entries	[View as tree] White, Vera Deakin (wife) Deakin, Alfred (father-in-law) Brookes, Ivy (sister-in-law) Brookes, Herbert Robinson (brother-in-law) Rivett, Albert Cherbury David (brother-in-law) Rivett, Rohan Deakin (nephew by marriage)
Occupation *	army officer (1915-1920) Federal, Australia prisoner of war (Australian) (1915-1918) Federal, Australia company managing director (1920-1932) Victoria, Australia hardware merchant (1920-1932) Victoria, Australia army officer (1926-1939) Federal, Australia Member of Lower House (1929-1951) Federal, Australia air force officer (1940-1944) Federal, Australia high commissioner (1951-1956) Federal, Australia

* Dates are approximate