Herbert Leonard YOUNG

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Service Number:	994
Enlisted:	13 July 1915, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Pioneer Battalion
Born:	Sunderland, County of Durham, England, 1885
Home Town:	Albert Park, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	Argyle House School, Sunderland, England
Occupation:	Painter
Died:	Septicemia, France, 13 January 1919
Cemetery:	Maubeuge (Sous-le-Bois) Cemetery Row C, Grave 17,
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

13 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 994, Enlisted at Melbourne
10 Nov 1915:	Involvement Private, 994, 29th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: ''
10 Nov 1915:	Embarked Private, 994, 29th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Melbourne
13 Jan 1919:	Involvement Private, 994, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 994 awm_unit: 5 Pioneer Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1919-01-13

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Arrived in Australia aged 28 years

16 December 1918 - Married Eliazabeth Serley Scott in the Grange Congregational Church, Sunderland

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