YONGE, Brabazon Duke
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 30 January 1934 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Canberra (I) |
| Born: | Summer Hill, New South Wales, Australia, 25 January 1920 |
| Home Town: | Sydney, City of Sydney, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Sydney Grammar School, Royal Australian Naval College, Victoria & Royal Navy Engineering College, Plymouth |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Savo Island, Solomon Islands, 9 August 1942, aged 22 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL Panel 72, Column 2 |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 30 Jan 1934: | Enlisted | |
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| 1 Jan 1938: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Sydney, New South Wales | |
| 16 Dec 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Sub Lieutenant, Officer, HMAS Canberra (I) | |
| 9 Aug 1942: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Lieutenant, Officer, HMAS Canberra (I) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Brabazon Duke YONGE was born in Summer Hill, Sydney , NSW on 25th January, 1920
His parents were Arthur Duke YOUNG and Margery Newcomen CASEMENT who married in Sydney in 1919
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial & the Plymouth War Memorial
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His father Arthur served in WW1 (SN 32964) & returned to Australia in 1918 and served in WW2 (SN N244988 ) & was discharged in 1944
Biography
Joined the Australian Navy as a Cadet on 01 Jan 1934
"Lieutenant Brabazon Duke Yonge, RAN, elder son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Duke Yonge, of Moss Vale, was killed last August 9 in action in HMAS Canberra at the Solomon Islands. This youth was a grandson of the late Doctor Casement, still well-remembered by many on the Macleay River." - from the Wingham Chronicle 16 Oct 1942 (nla.gov.au)
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