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Walter Gordon YOUNG

Regimental number4156
Place of birthCreswick, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPipelayer
AddressAdelaide, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Next of kinMother, Mrs L Young, c/o S Young, care of Silbert, Sharp and Bishop, Broken Hill, New South Wales
Enlistment date31 December 1915
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameNo 4 Tunnelling Company and 1st Reinforcements (May 1916)
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/13/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 25 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Tunnelling Company
FateDied of disease 18 November 1918
Place of burialCologne Southern Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row G, Grave No. 15), Germany
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
27
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Pollard and Lavinia YOUNG
Other detailsMedals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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