Robert James YOUNG MM

YOUNG, Robert James

    Service Number: 282
    Enlisted: 23 December 1914, Brisbane, Queensland
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Aberdeen, Scotland, October 1894
    Home Town: Annerley, Brisbane, Queensland
    Schooling: Not yet discovered
    Occupation: Locomotive fireman
    Died: Illness, Queensland, Australia, 10 July 1973
    Cemetery: Bulimba Uniting Church Cemetery, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
    Plot 805
    Memorials: Annerley Stephens Shire Council Residents Honour Board 1, Enoggera Logan & Albert 9th Battalion Honour Roll, Enoggera T.A.9.A. Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    23 Dec 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 282, Brisbane, Queensland
    29 Jun 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 282, 25th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Aeneas embarkation_ship_number: A60 public_note: ''
    29 Jun 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Sergeant, 282, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Aeneas, Brisbane
    4 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 282, 25th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
    4 May 1917: Wounded Australian Army (Post WW2), Sergeant, 282, 25th Infantry Battalion, Bullecourt (Second), Wounded during 25th Battalion Assault on village of Bullecourt from South East in support of British 185th
    2 Sep 1918: Honoured Military Medal, Mont St Quentin / Peronne, During advance from Mont St Quentin Robert Young showed utter disregard to danger in traversing the battlefield during heavy shelling and MG fire to establish communications
    2 Sep 1918: Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 282, 25th Infantry Battalion, Mont St Quentin / Peronne
    12 Oct 1918: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 26th Infantry Battalion
    28 Apr 1920: Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 282, 26th Infantry Battalion

    Personal Life

    Robert was born in Aberdeen in the 19th century. His family emigrated to Australia in the early 1900’s.

    Immediately after the war whilst still in Belgium he married a Belgium lady in Monceau-sur-Oise. He brought her back to Brisbane. Unfortunately the marriage was not a happy one (as reported in the local papers) and he remarried an Australian.

    Robert had one daughter, Amanda June Young, herself a remarkable and intrepid lady.

    Submitted 23 November 2018 by Dorje Soley

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