YOUNG, Albert Edward
| Service Number: | S73817 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 April 1942 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 7th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
| Born: | Barry, England, 28 July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Wallaroo, Copper Coast, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Natural causes (heart condition), Wallaroo, South Australia, 6 March 1966, aged 68 years |
| Cemetery: |
Wallaroo Cemetery, S.A. |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Private, S73817, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Wallaroo, South Australia | |
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| 16 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S73817 | |
| 17 Apr 1942: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, S73817, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
| 27 Oct 1945: | Discharged Private, S73817, 7th (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Ben Young
Albert migrated to Australia from Barry Dock, England. He, as many were in those days, a dedicated smoker, Albert lost a leg in a work place warfing accident in Wallaroo where his leg bacame wedged between the ship and dock.
A culmination of the smoking and loss of limb lead close friends, Likely down at his local "The Prince Edward Hotel" in Wallaroo, which he would frequent for a yarn over a few cold ones, to fondly nickname him "One-Leg-One-Lung-Young".
As the story goes, on at least one occasion, friends brought a match box of termites into the pub one day and as ably was sitting in his usual spot by up at the bar they emptied the contents onto Alby's wooden limb, exclaiming "Jee Alby, how long have you been here, theres even termites growing in your leg"
Albert Shares a grave with wife Myra Delia Malinda Young (died 26/01/1969 (aged 72yrs) in the Wallaroo Cemetary. The Wallaroo RSL has a small dedicated stone on the grave listing him as Service # 2390 Private A. E. Young 10th Batt AIF.