Thomas YOUNG

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Service Number:	2496
Enlisted:	5 May 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	51st Infantry Battalion (WW1)
Born:	Balthyock, Perth, Scotland, 1889
Home Town:	Sherlock, The Coorong, South Australia
Schooling:	Protestant School, Perth, Scotland
Occupation:	Sleeper Hewer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 16 August 1916
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

5 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2496, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
2 Sep 1915:	Involvement Private, 2496, 11th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
2 Sep 1915:	Embarked Private, 2496, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Fremantle
16 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2496, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2496 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-08-16

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Arrived in Australai aged 20 years

4 June 1915 - Taken on strength in the Dardenelles

19 September 1915 - To hospital with Influenza

5 October 1915 - To hospital in Cairo with Dengal Fever

16 October 1915 - Discharged to duty

21 October 1915 - Proceeded to join BEF

2 December 1915 - Taken on strength at Lemos

19 June 1916 - To hospital with septic feet

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal