William Frederick YOUNG

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YOUNG, William Frederick

Service Number:	230
Enlisted:	17 January 1900
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
Born:	Round Hill, Weetangera, New South Wales, Australia, 29 June 1877
Home Town:	Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Schooling:	St Johns School, Reid, ACT
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Invalided to Australia with Fever and Gunshot wounds and died at home, St Vincents Hospital, Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 4 October 1900, aged 23 years
Cemetery:	Not yet discovered
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 230, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 230, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles
17 Jan 1900:	Enlisted Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 230, 1st New South Wales Mounted Rifles

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Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

William Frederick YOUNG was born in Round Hill, New South Wales which is now part of the A.C.T.

His parents were William YOUNG & Bridget GRADY who married in NSW in 1871 (registered in Queanbeyan)

He served in the Boer War in the 1st NSW Mounted Rifles

William died on 4th October, 1900 in St Vincents Hospital in Sydney and is buried in St John the Baptist Church of England Cemetery in Reid, A.C.T.

He was posthumously awarded the Queens South Africa Medal with 2 clasps

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