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YOUNG, Julian Hope
| Service Number: | 3410 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Hyde Park, SA, 25 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | Millswood, City of Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber |
| Died: | Millswood Estate, SA, 9 May 1958, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Garden of Remembrance 10 217 |
| Memorials: | Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 3410, 6th Field Company Engineers, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 3410, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Sapper, 3410 |
Awarded Military Medal
This Sapper has repeatedly displayed great resource and courage in the execution of his duty, in particular on the 2nd May 1917 when the forward buried cable was blown out by enemy shell fire near BULLECOURT.
He located the break and regardless of all personal risk, worked rapidly at restoring communication, remaining at the task for 4 and a half hours until his work was completed.
Service Number: 3410
Rank: Sapper
Unit: 2nd Australian Division Signals Company
Service: Army
Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918
Award: Military Medal
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 8 November 1917
Location in Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: Page 2944, position 20
Date of London Gazette: 18 July 1917
Location in London Gazette: Page 7289, position 71
Submitted 22 January 2016 by Daryl Jones
Biography
Son of John Archibald YOUNG and Annie nee CONDY
Awarded Military Medal for Conspicuous Services
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