Joseph Thomas YOUNG

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YOUNG, Joseph Thomas

Service Number:	1024
Enlisted:	13 February 1915, Enlisted at Lismore, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	25th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Monaro, New South Wales, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Chatsworth Island, Clarence Valley, New South Wales
Schooling:	Public Schoo, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 10 June 1918
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Chatsworth Island War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

World War 1 Service

13 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1024, Enlisted at Lismore, New South Wales
29 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 1024, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
29 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 1024, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

13 October 1915 - To hospital, Dystentery

4 November 1917 - Wounded in action, gassed

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Biography contributed by Evan Evans

From AWM Summary

Private (Pte) 1024 Joseph Thomas Young, 25th Battalion from Chatsworth Island, NSW. An 18 year old labourer prior to enlisting on 13 February 1915, he embarked for overseas with D Company of the 25th Battalion from Brisbane on 29 June 1915 aboard HMAT Aeneas. After serving at Gallipoli where he took ill, he embarked for England where he suffered another period of illness before arriving in France to re-join the 25th Battalion on 24 August 1916. He was wounded in action on 4 November 1917 and evacuated to England for medical treatment. After recovering, he returned to his unit on 9 February 1918 only to be killed in action at Morlancourt, France on 10 June 1918. Pte Young is commemorated on the Australian National Memorial at Villers-Bretonneux, France with others who have no known grave.

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