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Percy Lennox YOUNG

Regimental number355
Place of birthOrange, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngineer
Address'Clyde', Done Street, Arncliffe, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25.1
Height5' 7"
Weight137 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ida Evelyn Young, 'Clyde', Done Street, Arncliffe, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in Electrical Company, Engineers, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date24 February 1915
Place of enlistmentLiverpool, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name19th Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll19th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 8 August 1916
Discharge date30 October 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Commenced return to Australia from England on board HT 'Marathon', 8 August 1916; discharged (medically unfit: hysterical petit mal aphonia), 30 October 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, YOUNG Percy Lennox

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