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YOUNG, Joseph Allan
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2075, 2075A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 40th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Forcett, Tasmania, Australia, 17 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Forcett, Sorell, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Forcett State School, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Forcett State School Great War Honour Roll, Forcett War Great European War Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Sorell War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 23 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2075, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
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| 23 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2075, 40th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Melbourne | |
| 4 Oct 1917: | Involvement Private, 2075A, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2075A awm_unit: 40th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-04 |
Personal Stories
Mother's Grief
In loving memory of my dear son Joseph Allan Young killed in action October 4 1917.
In our home there's a beautiful picture, to us it is dearer than gold; it's the picture of our dear Joe, Now laid deep down in the cold. Little we thought when we last said good-bye, that we had parted forever, and you were to die. The grief that we felt words cannot tell. That you were not able to bid us farewell.
His loving mother Sarah.
Submitted 3 July 2023 by Kelly Young
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