YOUNG, James Henry
| Service Number: | 1775 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 May 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 18th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wellington, New South Wales, Australia, 1867 |
| Home Town: | Gulgong, Mid-Western Regional, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Gulgong Denominational School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Bookkeeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Pozieres, France, 30 July 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Pozières British Cemetery Plot 1V, Row M, Grave 35, Pozieres British Cemetery Ovillers-La Boisselle, Pozieres, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 19 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1775, Enlisted at Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 19 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 1775, 18th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kanowna embarkation_ship_number: A61 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 1775, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kanowna, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
27 August 1915 - Wounded in action
30 August 1915 - invalided to England on board Huntagreen from Mudros
Medals: 1914-15 Sstar, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
James Henry Young was born in 1867 and his mother died when he was about 7 years of age. He served with the 6th (NSW) Imperial Bushman Regiment in the Boer War. He enlisted for WW1 at the age of 48 not 42 as he stated on the form. He was wounded in the scalp by shrapnel at Gallipoli on the 27 August 1916, seriously enough to be evacuated to England for treatment. He rejoined his battalion in Egypt during March 1916. He was killed in action at Pozieres on the 29 July 1916, during a very heavy bombardment. He was seen to be killed by quite a few eye witnesses and buried in a shell hole not far from Sausage Valley. He was later interred in the Pozieres British Cemetery.
His father had remarried and one of his half-brothers, 6104 Pte. Alexander Robert Young, 2nd Battalion AIF, was killed in action, Bullecourt, France, 4 May 1917. Three of his nephews, all named Young, died during the Great War. As his father died during 1917, his sister Nellie received his effects and medals.