YOUNG, William Arthur
| Service Number: | 5662 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 21 June 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company) |
| Born: | Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia, 9 October 1879 |
| Home Town: | Wingham, Greater Taree, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Memorials: | Minmi Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jun 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 5662, Tunnelling Companies | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Sapper, 5662, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Sapper, 5662, Tunnelling Companies, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 20 Apr 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sapper, 5662, 2nd Tunnelling Company (inc. 5th Tunnelling Company), 2nd MD, Medically discharged (wounding) | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Sapper, 5662, Tunnelling Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: '' embarkation_ship: '' embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| Date unknown: | Embarked Sapper, 5662, Tunnelling Companies |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
The Minmi Roll of Honour has 79 names inscribed of those who returned home from The Great War.
The 59th name inscribed is Sapper William Arthur Young.
William possibly died in Victoria, date and place of burial unknown.
Sapper William Arthur Young, 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company (Reg No-5662), labourer from Gloucester, New South Wales.
Born at Gloucester, New South Wales on the 9th October 1879 to Thomas, died 26.1.1912, Stroud, N.S.W. and Mary Ann Young nee Keegan, died 13.3.1922, Gloucester, N.S.W., mother of 8?; younger brother George Charles Young, born 20.3.1881, Barrington, N.S.W., died 17.9.1923, Goulburn? or Minmi?
William enlisted on the 21st June 1916 with the Tunnelling Companies, October 1916 Reinforcements, age 36 years 8 months at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A38 Ulysses on the 25th October 1916.
Disembarked Plymouth, England 28.12.1916.
Proceeded O/Seas to France from Folkestone, England 28.1.1917.
Attached to 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company 8.2.1917.
Wounded in action - 28.5.1917 (gas, Chateau Wood, Ypres).
Commenced return to Australia 11.1.1918.
Admitted to ship's hospital 20.1.1918 to 27.1.1918 (scabies).
William arrived home on the 4th March 1918, being discharged medically unfit on the 20th April 1918.
Admitted to No. 4 Australian General Hospital, Randwick, Sydney 5.4.1918.
Mr. Young’s name has also been inscribed on the Gloucester Shire First World War Roll of Honor, Gloucester Soldiers Club Honour Roll and the Gloucester Shire Roll of Honor.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/minmi-roll-of-honour/.
Lest We Forget.