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YOUNG, Eric Maclean
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | Not yet discovered |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Captain |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 22 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Not yet discovered |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Repatriation Hospital, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 12 June 1964, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne Plot Boronia, Wall ZD, Niche 122 |
| Memorials: |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Apr 1915: | Embarked 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wiltshire, Melbourne | |
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| 14 Apr 1915: | Involvement 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Jul 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Wounded at Gallipoli | |
| 9 Sep 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant | |
| 1 Jun 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant | |
| 30 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Captain | |
| 26 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, In the field in France | |
| 28 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, Wounded in the field in France | |
| 4 Feb 1919: | Honoured Military Cross, Medals:--- Military Cross 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer led his company in a night attack through a heavy artillery barrage, in which he was wounded, but refused to leave his post, and, leading his company against a machine gun position, captured fifty prisoners and four machine guns. Though his wound was painful, he carried on for three days until he was again severely wounded and sent to the rear, after a splendid example of courage and determination.' Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 15 Date: 4 February 1919 | |
| 10 Sep 1920: | Discharged AIF WW1, Captain, Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sandra Barry
Son of Anne Sewell and William Edward Young.
Married Mary Elouie Rodger in 1920.