Regimental number | 2003 |
Place of birth | Southport, Queensland |
School | Brisbane Grammar School, Queensland |
Other training | Queensland University |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Student |
Address | Brisbane, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18.9 |
Height | 6' 1" |
Weight | 160 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Mr Charles Kilpatrick Young, Armagh Street, Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland |
Previous military service | Served as a Sergeant in the Brisbane Grammar School Cadet Corps; 4 years 3 months in the Compulsory Military Training Scheme. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Brisbane, Queensland |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 49th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/66/3 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board HMAT A46 Clan Macgillivray on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 42nd Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Hamel, France |
Age at death | 21 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
Place of burial | Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave 5), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 136 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Charles K.S. and Mary YOUNG |
Family/military connections | Brothers: [69] Lt Rupert George YOUNG, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 28 October 1919; 1192 Pte Walter Balls Headley YOUNG, 49th Bn, returned to Australia, 23 October 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | NAA: B2455, YOUNG Claverhouse |