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Gordon YOURN

Regimental number5107
Place of birthClydesdale, Victoria
SchoolNo.900 Clydesdale State School, Victoria
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressClydesdale, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emma Creedon, Clydesdale, Victoria
Previous military serviceNil.
Enlistment date2 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name21st Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/38/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A33 Ayrshire on 3 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll21st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 5 May 1917
Place of death or woundingBullecourt, France
Age at death19
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 20), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
95
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John YOURN and Emma Augusta TOGNELLA
Other details

War service: Western Front

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