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Personal data

• Name YOUNG
• Initials W
• First name WILLIAM
• Place of birth Kelso
• Country Roxburghshire, Scotland
• Last residence Edinburgh, Scotland
• Family Son of William Robert and Mary Scott Young, of 14, Spottiswoode St., Edinburgh, Scotland
• Profession Marine engineer

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment 17 September 1915, New South Wales
• Service number 3660
• Rank Lance Corporal
• Medals 1914-15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
• Regiment and unit 2nd Bn. Australian Infantry
• Division - Brigade 1st Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 1st Australian Division
• National force A.I.F.
• Other data related to military career Embarked 12 December 1915, Sydney; wounded in his back and treated in Quex hospital, Birchington, from 1 September 1916 to 24 November 1916;

Death

• Wounded 27 October
• Type of wounds Died of wounds, in n°2 Can CCS
• Date of death 28 October 1917
• Died at the age of 32
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - F - 16A

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