Participant Info

Surname

Young

First Name

John

Initial

M

Service Number

794

Rank

sergeant

Unit Served

A Company, 17th Battalion

Service Record

Egypt, France, Belgium

Enlistment Date

1915

Enlistment Month

June 20

Embarkation Year

1915

Embarkation Month

November 9

Date of Death

Month of Death

Death Category

All Australia Memorial Reference

Australia's Fighting Families chapter, NSW section S, notes page 81, image page 80

Also Known As

Spousal

Spousal Address

Spouse City

Spouse State

Parental Name

John and Kate Young

Parental Address

Rozelle

Parental City

Sydney

Parental State

NSW

Notes

"born at Rozelle, July 18, 1894, educated Darling Road Public School, enlisted June 1915, embarked November 9, 1915. War service: Egypt, France (Croix de Guerre of Belgium, for gallantry on the field.) (His brother, Andrew, also enlisted in WW1 and survi