Sidney Douglas YOUNG

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YOUNG, Sidney Douglas

Service Number:	1631
Enlisted:	8 September 1914, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 18 October 1878
Home Town:	Essendon, Moonee Valley, Victoria
Schooling:	Surbiton National School, England
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 8 August 1915, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

8 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, Melbourne, Victoria
1 Oct 1914:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private
7 Dec 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1631, Dandenong, Victoria
19 Feb 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1631, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne
19 Feb 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1631, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: ''
30 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1631, 7th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
8 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1631, 7th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli

Uncle Harry

Harry was my great-great uncle (brother of my great-grandmother). My late mother talked about uncle Harry a lot when I was a boy. All I know was that he was Killed in action at Lone Pine on 8 Aug 1915.

In 2013 I went to Gallipoli and visited the memorial wall which was moving. Other than his service records and some family stories I know very little about him.
I think about him a lot. - Peter Hession (Guildford)

Submitted 24 September 2015 by Peter Hession

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Biography contributed by John Edwards

Enlisted under his real name Sidney Douglas Young on 08 Sep 1914 and was discharged 3 weeks later.

He reinlisted under the name Harry Young 2 months later on 07 Dec 1914, served on Gallipoli before being Killed in Action at Lone Pine.

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