Walter Russell YOUNG

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Service Numbers:	1759, 1759A, 1759, 1759A
Enlisted:	16 February 1916, Enlisted at Charters Towers
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	47th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Townsville, QLD, 1887
Home Town:	Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds, Messines, France, 16 June 1917
Cemetery:	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery Plot 1V, Row A, Grave 6, Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, Boulogne, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

16 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1759, 1759A, Enlisted at Charters Towers
20 Apr 1916:	Involvement Private, 1759, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: ''
20 Apr 1916:	Embarked Private, 1759, 47th Infantry Battalion, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney
16 Jun 1917:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 1759A, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1759A awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-06-16

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2 June 1916 - Embarked at Alexandria to join BEF

9 June 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles

27 February 1917 - Promoted to Lance Corporal

11 March 1917 - To hospital with Mumps

7 June 1917 - Wounded in action, gunshot wound to right ear and head

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal