Albert Robert YOUNGMAN

Regimental number2295
Place of birthAshfield, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
AddressYandina, North Coast Line, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 8"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinEmily Youngman, Yandina, North Coast Line, Queensland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 August 1914
Place of enlistmentAyr, Queensland
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameField Artillery Brigade 3, Military District 1
AWM Embarkation Roll number13/31/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Brisbane, Queensland, on board Transport A22 Rangatira on 25 September 1914
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Field Artillery Brigade
FateDied of wounds 22 August 1916
Age at death25
Place of burialPuchvillers British Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 3), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
13
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Owen and Emily YOUNGMAN; Wife: M. YOUNGMAN
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 297 Driver Cecil Joseph YOUNGMAN, 2nd Machine Gun Bn, returned to Australia, 20 May 1919; 370 Pte Joseph Douglas YOUNGMAN, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade, returned to Australia, 18 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 4 April 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 23 March 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 March 1916.

Found guilty, 30 March 1916, of being absent without leave from 6 pm parade: forfeited 5 days' pay.

Admitted to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station, 17 July 1916 (malaria); transferred by Ambulance Train No 19 to 9th General Hospital, 18 July 1916, and thence to 1st Australian General Hospital, Rouen; discharged to Base Details, 20 July 1916 (no evident sign of disease).

Wounded in action, 21 August 1916 (gun shot wound, chest; compound fracture, leg), and admitted to 4th Field Ambulance.

Died of wounds, 22 August 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, YOUNGMAN Albert Robert