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YOUNG, Gilbert
Personal Details
| Other Name: | YOUNG, Gilbert Spencer - CWGC Listing |
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| Service Number: | VX51163 |
| Enlisted: | 12 March 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 20 December 1911 |
| Home Town: | Elsternwick, Glen Eira, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ivanhoe Grammar School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Egypt, 22 July 1942, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
El Alamein War Cemetery, Marsa Matruh, Egypt A II. B. 2 |
| Memorials: | Albury 2/23 Australian Infantry Battalion Albury's Own Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Corporal, VX51163 | |
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| 12 Mar 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, VX51163, 2nd/23rd Infantry Battalion |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of George Fredrick and Millicent May Young; husband of Joyce Elaine Young, of Elsternwick, Victoria, Australia.
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