John Douglas YOUNG

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Service Number:	203
Enlisted:	28 October 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Trooper
Last Unit:	7th Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, 1891
Home Town:	Summer Hill, Ashfield, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Drover
Died:	Died of wounds, At sea (HS Sicilia), 30 June 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 4 Rev. E Teale officiated with burial at sea, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Balmain War Memorial, Kirribilli Sydney Flying Squadron & Sydney Sailing Club Honor Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Wickham "Citizens of Wickham" Volunteers Honour Roll

28 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 203, Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales
20 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 203, 7th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '2' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ayrshire embarkation_ship_number: A33 public_note: ''
20 May 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Trooper, 203, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli
30 Jun 1915:	Involvement Trooper, 203, 7th Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 203 awm_unit: 7 Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Trooper awm_died_date: 1915-06-30

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28 J une 1915 - Wounded in action, gunshot wound to abdomen, penerated the bladder

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War, Medal