Trevor YOUNG

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Service Number:	142
Enlisted:	26 August 1914, Brighton, Tas.
Last Rank:	Lance Sergeant
Last Unit:	12th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1890
Home Town:	Battery Point, Hobart, Tasmania
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in action, Boursies, France, 6 April 1917
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Clarence Honour Roll, Hobart Roll of Honour, Tasmanian Amateur Athletics Association, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

26 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 142, 12th Infantry Battalion, Brighton, Tas.
20 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 142, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Hobart embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: ''
20 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 142, 12th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Hobart
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 142, 12th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
6 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 142, 12th Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, Lone Pine
1 Feb 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
23 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 142, 12th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières
19 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 142, 12th Infantry Battalion, Mouquet Farm
19 Sep 1916:	Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 12th Infantry Battalion, France
20 Jan 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 12th Infantry Battalion, France
6 Apr 1917:	Involvement 142, 12th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 142 awm_unit: 12th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Lance Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-04-06
6 Apr 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 142, 12th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Killed in action during the 12th Battalion's attack on Boursies, France.

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