Private Alex George Whyte
- Rank
- Private
- Appointment
- Australian Army 1917 Western Front
- Service number
- 2752
- Unit
- 51 Battalion
- Cause of death
- Killed in Action
- Place of death
- Ypres, Belgium
- Date of death
- 17 July 1917
- Age
- 18
- Plaque number
- M758
- Dedicated by
- His sister in 1978
- More information
Private Alexander George Whyte 2752 (1897-1917, born Auchinairn, Scotland) enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Perth, Western Australia, on 26 April 1916 and was trained at Blackboy Hill (Greemmount), Western Australia. He was assigned to 6th Reinforcements, 51st Australian Infantry Battalion and embarked for the Western Front in October 1916 and, on 1 January 1917, he joined the Battalion. On 19 July 1917, he was killed in action as the Battalion was in the Front Line and subject to German shelling and raids.
Private Whyte’s official memorial is his grave in the La Laiterie Military Cemetery, Kemmel, Flanders, Belgium where his headstone has no personal inscription. His Place of Association is Bolgart, Western Australia.
His honour plaque in Kings Park was dedicated by his sister in 1978. He is the son of Alexander Whyte and Mary Junor Whyte (nee Junor) (c1872-1918). The plaque applicant is his sister Helen Wilson (nee Whyte) (1913-unk) who made the application on 5 December 1978. The tree for this plaque was made available in 1978, but records do not show the date the plaque was placed in the Honour Avenues nor whether there was a dedication service.
Private Whyte is remembered with honour.