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Stewart Johnstone YOUNG

Regimental number5921
Date of birth--/12/1896
Place of birthNorthern Ireland
Age on arrival in Australia18
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
Address74 Military Road, Mosman, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation19
Height5' 7"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinBrother, William Andrew Young, 74 Military Road, Mosman, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected on account of eye test)
Enlistment date18 October 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll19 April 1916
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name20th Battalion, 16th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/37/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 7 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll20th Battalion
FateReturned to Australia 10 January 1918
Discharge date20 April 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Sydney, 7 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 21 November 1916. Marched in to 5th Training Bn, 7 December 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 4 February 1917; taken on strength, 20th Bn, in the field, 9 February 1917.

Wounded in action, 2 May 1917 (gun shot wound, right leg), and admitted to 5th Australian Field Ambulance; transferred to 3rd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 3 May 1917; to Ambulance Train, 3 May 1917, and admitted to 32nd Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 4 May 1917. Transferred to England, 7 May 1917, and admitted to St Edmonds Hospital, Suffolk, 8 May 1917; discharged to Red Cross Hospital, Sudbury, 17 May 1917. Admitted to 1st Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Harefield, 13 June 1917; discharged on furlough, 15 June 1917, to report to Command Depot, Wareham, 29 June 1917.

Commenced return to Australia on board HT ‘Corinthian’, 10 January 1918; transhipped Melbourne to HT ‘Port Darwin’ for onward travel to Sydney; discharged Sydney (medically unfit: defective vision), 20 April 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death--/--/1993
Age at death97
Place of burialRookwood Necropolis, Sydney, New South Wales
SourcesNAA: B2455, YOUNG Stewart Johnstone

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