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Clarence Victor YOUNG

Regimental number6912
Place of birthBendigo, Victoria
SchoolQueenberry Street State School, Carlton, Victoria
Other trainingNil
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressRichmond, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinSister, Christina French, 55 Brighton Street, Richmond, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date8 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 19th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 11 May 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 March 1918
Age at death19.7
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Rosenberg Plateau Plots) (Plot II, Row A, Grave 42), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Christopher and Mary YOUNG
Family/military connectionsBrothers: Three unspecified, one of whom was killed in action.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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