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Herbert Leonard YOUNG

Regimental number994
Place of birthSunderland, County of Durham, England
SchoolArgyle House School, Sunderland, England
Age on arrival in Australia28
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
AddressBlandford Street, Sutherland, England
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinFather, William Young, Blandford Street, Sutherland, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date13 July 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name29th Battalion, C Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 10 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll5th Pioneer Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of unspecified illness.
FateDied of disease 13 January 1919
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death34.3
Place of burialMaubeuge (Sois-le-Bois) Cemetery (Row C, Grave No. 17), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
175
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Emily YOUNG, 8 Blandford Street, Sunderland, England

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