Joseph Sydney YOUNG

YOUNG, Joseph Sydney

Service Number: WX8152
Enlisted: 16 August 1940, Claremont, WA
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 2nd/6th Field Park Company
Born: Allendale, Victoria, Australia, 5 February 1908
Home Town: Youanmi, Sandstone, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Machine Miner
Died: Illness - whilst Prisoner of War, Borneo, 4 April 1945, aged 37 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Labuan War Memorial, Malaysia Panel 7
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bendigo Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Boyup Brook Sandakan Prisoner of War Memorial, Labuan Memorial, Labuan Federal Territory, Malaysia
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Sapper, WX8152
16 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, WX8152, 2nd/6th Field Park Company, Claremont, WA

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Alfred Sydney and Margaret Young, of Yarra Junction, Victoria.