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YOUNG, Robert Samuel
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | VX102176, VX102176, V59045 |
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Enlisted: | 16 June 1942 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | Not yet discovered |
Born: | Portland, Victoria, Australia, 30 September 1918 |
Home Town: | Portland, Glenelg, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Clerk |
Died: | Killed in Action, New Guinea, 19 June 1945, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Lae War Cemetery Plot MM, Row A, Grave 1, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Portland WW2 Honour Roll, Portland WW2 Memorial, Portland and District St. Stephen's Anglican Church WW2 Supreme Sacrifice Roll of Honor |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Private, VX102176 | |
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16 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Private, VX102176, V59045, Enlisted at Adelaide River,NT | |
16 Jun 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX102176 |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Served in Militia Service number VE445788. Enlisted in Militia on 22/5/1939