George Alfred YUNG

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YUNG, George Alfred

Service Number:	7342
Enlisted:	25 February 1916, Horsham, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Happy Valley, Victoria, June 1892
Home Town:	Yendon, Moorabool, Victoria
Schooling:	Greenland Dam State School
Occupation:	School teacher
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917
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
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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Biography 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)

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