William Alexander YOUNG

YOUNG, William Alexander

    Service Number: 972
    Enlisted: 17 February 1915, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
    Last Rank: Corporal
    Last Unit: 27th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Rosewater, South Australia, 21 May 1890
    Home Town: Port Pirie, Port Pirie City and Dists, South Australia
    Schooling: Port Adelaide Public School, South Australia
    Occupation: Clerk
    Died: Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 4 August 1916, aged 26 years
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    17 Feb 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 972, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Keswick, SA
    31 May 1915: Involvement Private, 972, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
    31 May 1915: Embarked Private, 972, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide
    14 Jun 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 27th Infantry Battalion, In the field
    4 Aug 1916: Involvement Corporal, 972, 27th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 972 awm_unit: 27 Battalion awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1916-08-04

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of James William Young and Alice (nee Jamieson) Young of Port Pirie; brother of Edward Roy Young

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Meda, Victory Medal

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