YOUNG, Thomas

YOUNG,  Thomas

Full Name: Thomas

YOUNG

Date of Birth: 04

1889

Place of birth: Perth

Scotland

Occupation: Sleeper Hewer

Address: Balingup WA

Next of Kin: Father- Thomas YOUNG, Mother – Elizabeth Watt YOUNG

Next of Kin Address: Methven Perthshire Scotland

Religion: Presbyterean

Service Number: 2496

Rank: Private

Unit/Division: 51st Battalion

Enlistment Date: 1915-05-05

Enlistment Location: Blackboy Hill

WA

Embarkation Port:

Embarkation Date: 1915-06-25

Embarkation Ship:

Disembarkation Port:

Disembarkation Date: 1915-07-19

Locations Served:

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Returned: No

Discharge Date:

Cause of Death: Killed in Action

Date of Death:

Place of Death: Pozieres France

Age at Death: 27

Burial Location: Inscription Villers Brettoneux Memorial France

2/05/1915- Signed Attestation for Enlistment & Completed Preliminary Medical Examination Cue WA
5/05/1915- To 7th Reinforcements 11th Battalion Blackboy Hill WA as Private
25/06/1915- Embarked Fremantle WA aboard ” Karoola ” bound for Egypt
19/07/1915- Disembarked Alexandria ex Australia to Overseas Training Base
31/07/1915- Embarked Alexandria with Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces bound for Gallipoli Peninsula
4/08/1915- Joined 11th Battalion in the field Gallipoli
19/09/1915- Hospital Ship to Mudros ( Influenza )
25/09/1915- Evacuated/Admitted 2nd General Hospital Ghezireh Egypt ex Gallipoli
5/10/1915- Admitted Mena House Cairo Egypt ( Dengal Fever )
16/10/1915- Discharged To Duty Zeitoun Egypt
29/10/1915- Admitted 2nd Australian Hospital Mudros
5/12/1915- Discharged to Unit at Sarpi Camp Mudros
7/01/1916- Disembarked Alexandria ex Mudros
1/03/1916- Transferred 51st Battalion Serapeum/Tel-el-Kebir Egypt
5/06/1916- Embarked Alexandria with British Expeditionary Forces bound for Marseilles France
12/06/1916- Disembarked Marseilles
20/06/1916- Admitted Hospital France ( Septic Feet ) ex 13th Field Ambulance ex 12th Casualty Clearing Station
26/07/1916- Rejoined Unit in the field France
14-16/08/1916- Killed in Action Pozieres France

 

SERVICE MEDALS AWARDED

1914/15 Star – No. 5395

British War Medal – No. 14973

Victory Medal – No. 14913

Memorial Scroll/Plaque – No. 317150

 

MEMORIAL INSCRIPTIONS

Balingup War Memorial WA

Kirup War Memorial WA

Australian War Memorial Canberra ACT – Panel No. 154

Villers Brettoneux Memorial France