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John Percival Young (1896 - 1918)

John Percival "Jack" Young
Born in Bowenvale, Victoria, Australiamap
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Died at age 22 in Dartford, Kent, England, United Kingdommap
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Biography

John Percy Young was born on 24 August 1896, at Bowenvale, near Timor, Victoria.[1]
John Young is an Anzac who served in World War One.
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Private John Young died from disease during World War I.

John Percival Young enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 12 October 1916 at Footscray, Victoria. His service number was 2763. He said he was 18 years 2 months old (but in fact was 20 years 2 months old). He gave his trade or calling as engineer. His net of kin was his father, John Young. His permanent address was 14 Stirling Street, Footscray.[2]

Jack was assigned to the AIF signal school. He was there from 12 October to 30 November 1916. On 16 December 1916 he embarked at Melbourne on HMAT A7 Medic for Plymouth.

Jack disembarked at Plymouth on 18 February 1917. He was at Sutton Mandeville and Fovant in Wiltshire for the remainder of 1917.

Jack had been attached to the 10th Training Battalion, but by the end of 1917 he was back with his own battalion, the 37th, which sailed for France on 1 January 1918. On 13 February he was detached for duty with the 3rd Divisional Signal Company. In August he was serving in the 10th Infantry Brigade.

On 26 August Jack was admitted to an L of C hospital (Line of Communications hospital), wounded in a mustard gas attack on 25 August while serving with HQ 10th Brigade. On 28 August he was invalided to England and admitted on 29 August to Beaufort Hospital near Bristol.

On 26 September Jack was discharged on furlough from Beaufort hospital, but on 6 November he was in hospital again, the 3rd Auxiliary Hospital Dartford. At 11:40 a.m. on 9 November 1918, two days before the war ended, Jack died of pneumonia. He is buried at Brookwood Cemetery.[3]

John Percival Young's death (age 20) was registered in the Oct-Nov-Dec quarter of 1918 in the Dartford district.[4]

Sources

  1. Birth Index (Victoria Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages : accessed 11 Nov 2022). Index entry for Jno Percy YOUNG, Year: 1896; Parents: Jno and Sarah Jane WAY; Place: TIMOR Reg. Number: 23930/1896
  2. Military:"Australia, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920"
    National Archives of Australia; Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia; B2455, First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920
    Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry au Record 60864 #25707 (accessed 11 November 2022)
    Name: John Percival Young; Age: 18; Birth Year: abt 1896; Birth Place: Timor, Victoria; Dossier Year Range: 1914-1920; Enlistment Place: Melbourne, Victoria; Service Number: 2763; Father: John Young.
  3. Commonwealth War Graves Commission https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/399265/john-percival-young/
  4. Death Registration: "England & Wales General Register Office"
    GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 11 November 2022)
    Young, John Percival (Age at death: 20).
    GRO Reference: 1918 Oct-Nov-Dec in Dartford Volume 02A Page 1491.

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