George Philip YOUNG

YOUNG, George Philip

Service Number: 334
Enlisted: 12 May 1915
Last Rank: Driver
Last Unit: 12th Field Artillery Brigade
Born: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia, 10 December 1890
Home Town: Richmond (V), Yarra, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Driver
Died: Coburg, Victoria, Australia, 16 March 1945, aged 54 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

12 May 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, 334, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train
4 Jun 1915: Involvement 334, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '24' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: ''
4 Jun 1915: Embarked 334, 1st Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train, HMAT Port Macquarie, Melbourne
12 Apr 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 12th Field Artillery Brigade

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

George Philip Young was the son of Christopher and Mary Young and had been born at Bendigo, Victoria. His father was deceased and his mother passed away six months before he enlisted during May 1915. He was residing in Richmond, Victoria and gave his next of kin as his married sister, Christina French.

Before enlisting George was employed at the works of Barnet Glass Pty. Ltd., of Footscray. On the day of his enlistment, he was reported to have said to his sister, Mrs. J. French, of the Reliance Manufacturing Company, 25 Swan Street, Richmond, ‘I am going to the front, where our brothers are, as I think they want a helping hand.’

He had three brothers who also enlisted in the AIF and two were killed in action. An older brother, 1425 Pte. Thomas Young 14th Battalion AIF was killed in Bapaume on 29 March 1917, 1917, aged 31. A younger brother, 6912 Pte. Clarence Victor Young 21st Battalion AIF, was later killed in action in Belgium, on 22 March 1918, at 19 years of age. Another brother, Francis Young 8th Battalion had been badly hit in the hip by shrapnel during the Gallipoli campaign and returned to Australia in late 1915.

George joined the Royal Australian Naval Bridging Train as a batman to an officer during May 1915. During April 1916 he transferred to a job as Driver in the 12th Field Artillery Brigade. He served for almost two years on the Western Front.

He was returned to Australia during March 1918 by the General Officer Commanding AIF, General Birdwood, for ‘family reasons’, possibly due to the fact he had two brothers killed and one badly wounded.

The brothers were said to be well known in Richmond district sporting circles.

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