Regimental number | 4639 |
Place of birth | Bacchus Marsh, Victoria |
Other Names | William Victor |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Beltmaker |
Address | 83 Morphett Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 21 |
Height | 5' 10.5" |
Weight | 133 lbs |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs E O Young, 83 Morphett Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Melbourne, Victoria |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/24/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A32 Themistocles on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 60th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | V.C. Corner (Panel No 4), Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 171 |
Family/military connections | Brother: 2897 Pte Roy Wilkie YOUNG, 2nd Signal Squadron, returned to Australia 16 March 1919. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 28 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 28 February 1916. Transferred to 58th Bn, 26 March 1916; taken on strength, Ferry Post, 1 April 1916. Transferred to 60th Bn, 2 April 1916; taken on strength, Ferry Post, 3 April 1916. Admitted to 8th Australian Field Ambulance, 23 April 1916 (diarrhoea); discharged to duty, and rejoined Bn, Duntroon Plateau, 29 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916. Reported missing, 19 July 1916. Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 4 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'killed in action, 19 July 1916'. Note, Red Cross File No 3041005: 'No trace Germany[.] Cert. by Capt. Mills 10-10-19.' Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal Mother wrote to Base Records (? December 1917), seeking the death certificate, and referred to 'my other two sons, one is on active service abroad and the other is is Camp in South Australia'. |
Miscellaneous details | Wife subsequently died: next of kin then listed as mother, Mrs Kate Young, 106 Madeline Street, Carlton, Victoria. Mother's address, September 1916, 169 Queensberry Street, Carlton, Victoria. Pension granted to mother as from 8 November 1916, at 62 Elgin Street, Carlton, Victoria. Mother's address was subsequently (1920) Canada Hotel, Madeline Street, Carlton, Victoria, and (1923) 6 Central Flats, Robe Street, St Kilda, Victoria. Second Attestation Form lists next of kin as father, William Young, 7 Lethbridge Street, Moonee Ponds, Victoria (subsequently noted as died). Attestation Form(s) have some different details: height 5' 6.5"; weight 140 lbs; religion Roman Catholic; occupation horse breaker |
Sources | NAA: B2455, YOUNG Victor William
Red Cross File No 3041005 |