"Herald and Weekly Times" chairman Sir Keith Murdoch (father of future media magnate Rupert Murdoch), highly impressed by White's writing ability, promoted him to one of the "Herald"'s top correspondent positions and sent him to Europe to cover the Western Front. White was one of the few Australian journalists attached to the Supreme Allied Command (SHAEF), and was present during the Allied liberation of Paris. He was later attached to General George Patton's Third Army, and followed it into Germany during the final days of the war in Europe. He was the only Australian journalist present at the German surrender at Reims, France, in 1945 and one of the first journalists to enter war-torn Berlin.