YOUNG, Richard
| Service Number: | 613 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 March 1916, Brisbane, Qld. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Machine Gun Company |
| Born: | Brisbane, Qld., 3 June 1883 |
| Home Town: | Morningside, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Car Accident, Brisbane, Qld., 15 August 1934, aged 51 years |
| Cemetery: |
South Brisbane Cemetery, Queensland Plot 1 |
| Memorials: | Woody Point Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 613, 7th Machine Gun Company, Brisbane, Qld. | |
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| 17 Jan 1917: | Involvement Private, 613, 7th Machine Gun Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: RMS Omrah embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jan 1917: | Embarked Private, 613, 7th Machine Gun Company, RMS Omrah, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Richard's parents were Henry Young and Eleanor Marshall. He married Pearl Idelia Rhodes in Kalgoolie in Western Australia in 1904 and enlisted March 1916. On his return Richard and Pearl settled at Woody Point where they ran the Post Office store opposite the Woody Point jetty.
DARRA-ROAD FATALITY.
Giving evidence at Warwick yesterday at the inquest into the death of Richard Young, of Woody Point who died on his way to hospital on August 15, following an accident on the Ipswich-road, when the Warwick-Brisbane service car was overturned. Francis Ellis Burling, truck driver, of Warwick, who was a passenger in the car, said that the driver did all possible to avoid the accident.
To avoid a hearse the car driver swerved sharply off the bitumen into gravel. He travelled along it for about 30 yards, then swerved back on to the bitumen. The car missed the hearse by inches. When the car rolled over the first time deceased was in the vehicle, and witness fell on top of him. When it rolled over the second time deceased was not in the car, and witness hit the side of the vehicle nearest the ground. The inquest was adjourned to Ipswich.