YOUNG, Harold William
| Service Numbers: | 1087, R1087 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 June 1915, Enlisted in Brisbane |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goodwood, South Australia, 15 September 1891 |
| Home Town: | Clarence Park, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Goodwood Primary School |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Passchendaele, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 7 17 23 25 27 31, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Goodwood St George Anglican Church Memorial Tower, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1087, Enlisted in Brisbane | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, R1087, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, R1087, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 1087, 25th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1087 awm_unit: 25 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
Obituary
The Advertiser Wednesday 28 November 1917 page 9
Private HAROLD WM, YOUNG, who was killed in action on October 9, in France, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Young, of Clarence Park. He was born in Goodwood and attended the Goodwood School. He passed his 26th year in France in September. He visited nearly all the other States, and was in Queensland when the war broke out. He enlisted in the 25th Battalion, and sailed for Egypt in June, 1915. He served in Gallopli for three months, and contracted enteric fever a week before the evacuation and was invalided home, and on regaining his health returned to his battalion in France.
Submitted 22 January 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
11-15 September 1915 - Landed at Gallipoli on and remained there until 5-15 December.
Contracted an unspecified illness and was sent to hospital in Alexandria.
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
24 January 1923 - Father wrote to Base Reocrds asking if Harold body had been found
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