Thomas James YOUNG

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Service Number:	2698
Enlisted:	30 January 1915, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Machine Gun Battalion
Born:	Charlton, Victoria, Australia, 1894
Home Town:	Charlton, Buloke, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Corbie, France, 29 July 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Shire of Charlton Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

30 Jan 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2698, Enlisted at Mildura, Victoria
26 Aug 1915:	Involvement Private, 2698, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
26 Aug 1915:	Embarked Private, 2698, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Melbourne
29 Jul 1918:	Involvement Private, 2698, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2698 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-07-29

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25 September 1917 - Wounded in action, mild wound to the face

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victor Medal