Charles Bogie YOUNG MM

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Service Number:	3011
Enlisted:	7 August 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	57th Infantry Battalion
Born:	East Newport, Fife, Scotland, 10 October 1888
Home Town:	Bolgart, Victoria Plains, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clearing Contractor
Died:	Villers Bretonneux Counter Attack 15th Bde, Villers Bretonneux, Department de la Somme, France, 24 April 1918, aged 29 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated on the Australian National Memorial Villers Bretonneux, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

7 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3011, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
9 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3011, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: ''
9 Nov 1917:	Honoured Military Medal, Third Ypres, "On 26th Sept 1917 during the attack on ZONNEBEKE RIDGE, N.E. of YPRES these men as company runners did exceptional good work carrying important messages to Battalion Head Qrs, often under heavy shell, & machine gun fire at great personal risk. Their courage & devotion to duty was conspicuous & their responsibility that communication was kept with Coy & Battalion never failed." The five soldiers were 2403 Soloman LITTMANN, 2690 Gilbert McLENNAN, 1924 James Holland, 3011 Charles Bogie YOUNG and 2920 Frederick Carl HIEDEN, all Privates. The soldier's service records had also been noted "Army Corps Commander expresses appreciation of gallant services rendered during recent operations."
24 Apr 1918:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 3011, 57th Infantry Battalion, Villers-Bretonneux, Killed in Action

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