YOUNG, George Clement
| Service Number: | 6213 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 January 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 15th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia, 7 August 1895 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Gueudecourt, France, 1 February 1917, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bundaberg War Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6213, 15th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 7 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 6213, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Clan McGillivray embarkation_ship_number: A46 public_note: '' | |
| 7 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 6213, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Clan McGillivray, Brisbane | |
| 1 Feb 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 6213, 15th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 6213 awm_unit: 15th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-02-01 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jane Young of Bundaberg, Queensland.
George Clement Young took part raid on 1 February 1917, near Gueudecourt, when the 15th Battalion attacked a section of the German front line known as Stormy Trench. The party consisted of 150 men and six officers, or one and half companies. The attack started at about 7.00 p.m. on a frontage of 500 metres. Although the enemy trenches were only 100 metres from the Australian lines, inadequate artillery support caused the attack to fail. A German counter attack at 11 p.m. was beaten off. In the face of relentless German shelling of the captured trenches, and a stronger German counter attack at 4.30 a.m. the Battalion was forced to retire. Although 52 German soldiers were captured, the 15th Battalion’s casualties were 38 men killed, over 20 captured by the Germans and over 80 wounded.
George Clement Young was one of the missing after the action, and his remains were never found.
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