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George Ernest YOUNG

Regimental number6606
Place of birthCarlton, Victoria
SchoolCamberwell State High School, Melbourne, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationWool classer
Address28 Canterbury Road, Camberwell, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinFather, Mr W Young, 28 Canterbury Road, Camberwell, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A71 Nestor on 2 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCADET
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularA Cadet in the Emmanuel College, Cambridge at the time of his death. Died of influenza / bronchial pneumonia .
FateDied of disease 29 October 1918
Place of death or woundingCambridge, England
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialCambridge Borough Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 3561), Fen ditton, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
52
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah YOUNG
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt Charles Thomas YOUNG

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