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YOUNG, George
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 453 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted Albert Park Victoria allocated to C Company 5th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria stated as 15 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 19 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Port Melbourne, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Port Melbourne State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Skilled Labourer |
| Died: | Coronary occlusion , Watsonia Station, Victoria, Australia, 4 June 1962, aged 73 years |
| Cemetery: |
Williamstown (General) Cemetery, Victoria, Australia 7th June 1962 Internment Date Williamstown Cemetery Trust |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 453, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted Albert Park Victoria allocated to C Company 5th Battalion at Broadmeadows Camp Victoria stated as 15 August 1914 | |
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| 21 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 453, 5th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 453, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 453, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 8 May 1915: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 453, 5th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, GSW Hand Right index finger amputated Evacuated to Malta for treatment and convalescence | |
| 5 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 453, 5th Infantry Battalion, Evacuated Malta to Australia on HT Kanowna wounded amputated index finger for discharge 3MD medically unfit | |
| 4 Apr 1916: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 453, 5th Infantry Battalion, Discharged 3MD Melbourne medically unfit Amputated right index finger |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Pam Hamilton
Late of Port Melbourne 1914-16, Newport 1917 and Watsonia
Burial conducted IAW Repatriation Department protocol