George Wesley YOUNG

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YOUNG, George Wesley

Service Number:	284454
Enlisted:	23 February 1942
Last Rank:	Flight Lieutenant
Last Unit:	RAAF Station Darwin
Born:	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2 July 1904
Home Town:	Hawthorn, Boroondara, Victoria
Schooling:	Trinity Grammar School Kew, Scotch College Melbourne
Occupation:	Accountant / Manager
Died:	Accidental (Ground Accident), Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia , 28 June 1945, aged 40 years
Cemetery:	Adelaide River War Cemetery, Northern Territory C.B.3.
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 284454
23 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, RAAF Station Darwin, 85 Wing Headquarters
23 Feb 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 284454
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by David Barlow

Son of James and Margaret Young of Hawthorn, Victoria

Flight Lieutenant George Wesley Young 284454 of 85 Wing Headquarters was severely injured in a Motor Vehicle Accident at Noonamah, NT and died at the 107th AGH

Also involved: Wing Commander James Patrick Ryan 290621 (died in an aircraft crash in September 1945), Flying Officer Blair Hingston Lake 416153 of 12 Squadron (discharged June 1946) & LAC William John Horton 146594 - discharged in November 1954 as a Flight Sergeant with service number A31954

(NAA file - Northern Territory Crown Law Office - Inquest into the death of Flight Lieutenant George Wesley Young)

Biography

The death occured on June 28 of Flt. Lt. George Wesley Young as a result of injuries received in a motor accident in Darwin. Before enlisting in the RAAF in February 1942, Flt. Lt. Young was a prominent figure in Adelaide business circles having been for many years manager in Adelaide for Nestle and Anglo Swiss Condensed Milk Co. (Australasia) Ltd.

He was a keen golfer and a member of the the Kooyonga Golf Club and also took a prominent part in the affairs of Adelaide Rotary Club.

Flt. Lt. Young served in the RAAF in New Guinea and on the Australian mainland. At the time of his death he was oted at Darwin.

He was educated at Trinity Grammar School Kew and Scotch Colleges Melbourne where he was a prominent athlete and represented his college in the football team for two years.

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