Robert Edwin YOUNG

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Service Number:	153
Enlisted:	1 October 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Lance Corporal
Last Unit:	14th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Avenel, Victoria, Australia, 1884
Home Town:	Avenel, Strathbogie, Victoria
Schooling:	Avenel State School, Victoria
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Died of wounds - chest, At sea on board HS Galeka, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 29 April 1915
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Panel 43, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Avenel War Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

1 Oct 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 153, 14th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Private, 153, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Private, 153, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne
29 Apr 1915:	Involvement Lance Corporal, 153, 14th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 153 awm_unit: 14 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-04-29

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Address at the time of enlistment was 'Pootella' Leicester Street, Fitzroy, Victoria

Son of Robert Emily Isabel Young nee Buscombe of 'Glendore', Avenel, Victoria

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal

Also served with the Avenel Light Horse Rifles