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James Walter YOUNG

Regimental number3254
Place of birthKarrabar, Queensland
SchoolNil
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressDalbydilla, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation44
Next of kinMother, Mrs Susan Young, Dalbydilla, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date31 August 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name49th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/66/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 23 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll49th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of illness at Freetown, Sierra Leone, on 13 February 1917.
FateDied of disease 13 February 1917
Place of death or woundingFreetown
Age at death44.6
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialKissy Road Cemetery, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
149
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Susan YOUNG, Mungallala, Queensland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 3255 Pte William YOUNG, 49th Bn, returned to Australia, 22 July 1917.

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