YUNG, George Alfred
| Service Number: | 7342 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1916, Horsham, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Happy Valley, Victoria, Australia, 10 May 1892 |
| Home Town: | Yendon, Moorabool, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Greenland Dam State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | School teacher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Horsham Greenland Dam State School Honour Roll, Linton Old Lintonians Association Roll of Honor, Linton St Paul's Church Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 7342, Horsham, Victoria | |
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| 19 Feb 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7342, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Feb 1917: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 7342, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Melbourne | |
| 20 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 7342, 7th Infantry Battalion, Menin Road |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Edwards
"...7342 Private George Alfred Yung 7th Battalion of Yendon, Victoria. A school teacher prior to enlisting, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Ballarat (A70) on 19 February 1917. On 20 September 1917, during the Battle of Menin Road, Belgium, (the first operation of the Third Battle of Ypres), he was killed in action, aged 25. Pte Yung has no known grave and is remembered with honour on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Andreena Hockley
George Alfred Yung, killed in action in France on the 20th of September, 1917, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Yung, for many years resident at Yendon, but now of Murtoa.
He was born on 10th May, 1892, and was trained at the Ballarat High School. He was appointed junior teacher at Ballan and Yendon, and then head teacher at Greenland Dam. He enlisted from the latter place in March, 1916, leaving, on official record, a reputation as a quiet, painstaking, conscientious worker.
After spending two months at Ballarat and Geelong camps, he was sent to Duntroon, and passed all examinations for a commission. After a further period at Ballarat as Sergeant, he was sent to the Royal Park Camp, where he remained until 19th February, 1917.
He then sailed in the Ballarat, which was torpedoed in the English Channel, not far from the English coast, on the 25th of April, 1917. After spending a few days at Salisbury, he was sent to Officers'
School at Tidworth, where he again passed for a commission, and was then sent to France. He was in the firing line only a few days before he was killed.
Source: The Education Department's Record of War Service, Victoria, 1914-1919.
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