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Herbert Harry YOUNG

Regimental number2037
Place of birthAdelaide, South Australia
SchoolFlinders Street School, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBlacksmith
AddressTorrensville, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs Christina Young, 48 Carlton Parade, Torrensville, South Australia
Enlistment date26 November 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll26 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name48th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/65/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 13 July 1916
Unit from Nominal Roll48th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 January 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance or Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialAIF Burial Ground (Plot I, Row A, Grave 15), Grass Lane, Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
147
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Henry and Christina YOUNG
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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