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YOUNG, Gilbert Stanley
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 3497 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 August 1915, Claremont, Tas. |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 6th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 25 April 1895 |
| Home Town: | Sandy Bay, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Battery Point State School, Hobart, Tasmania |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 17 September 1917, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Panel 7, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Hobart Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 14 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 3497, 6th Field Company Engineers, Claremont, Tas. | |
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| 24 Nov 1915: | Involvement Sapper, 3497, 6th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: '' | |
| 24 Nov 1915: | Embarked Sapper, 3497, 6th Field Company Engineers, HMAT Ceramic, Sydney | |
| 17 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 3497, 6th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, Killed in action |
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