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Percival John YOUNG

Regimental number2257
Place of birthNewmarket Victoria
ReligionBaptist
OccupationVulcaniser
AddressMalvern, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Next of kinJ Young, Finlayson Street, Melbourne, Victoria
Enlistment date1 May 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name8th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/25/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on 17 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll8th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Mention in Despatches


Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', third Supplement, No.29522 (27 March 1916); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 79 (6 July 1916).

FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Place of burialShrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 51), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
54
Family/military connectionsCousin: [1524A] Lt Eric Henry Drummond EDGERTON DSO, MM & Bar, 24th Bn, killed in action, 11 August 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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