The AIF Project

Gordon Francis YOUNG

Regimental number1030
Place of birthWarnacknabeal, Victoria
SchoolIrymple State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressMildura, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinFather, Peter Young, Mildura, Victoria
Enlistment date4 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll25 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name38th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/55/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A54 Runic on 20 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll38th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 23 February 1917
Place of death or woundingBailleul, France
Age at death20.6
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row A, Grave No. 21), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
130
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter and Charlotte YOUNG
Other details

War service: Western Front

Print format    


© The AIF Project 2024, UNSW Canberra. Not to be reproduced without permission.