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Reggie Percy Rupert YOUNG

Regimental number3511
Date of birth--/02/1898
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
AddressGosford, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Louisa Young, 3 Henrietta Street, Chippendale, New South Wales
Enlistment date13 June 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll56th Battalion
Recommendations (Medals and Awards)

Military Medal


Recommendation date: 30 April 1919

FateReturned to Australia 15 January 1919
Medals

Military Medal


Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 1
Date: 2 January 1919

Family/military connectionsBrothers: 1452 Gunner Charles YOUNG, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column, returned to Australia, 2 March 1919; 3069 Henry YOUNG MM, 30th Bn; 553 Pte William Robert YOUNG, 25th Bn, returned to Australia, 22 March 1919.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Also served in the RAAF in World War II.
Date of death11 February 1967
Age at death69

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