YOUNGER A.J.

Given Names:  James Alfred

Service Number:  1536

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 2, Ammunition Column                                                          

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number:  36290

Age:  34 Yrs  6 Mths

Occupation:  Carpenter                                                                                                  

Marital Status:  Married

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  4 In                     

Weight:  140 Lbs

Chest:  36-38 In

Hair:  Sandy

Eyes:  Blue

Complexion:  Fair

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  20/8/1914

Place:  Broadmeadows

Next of Kin:  WIFE  Mrs Ethel May Younger

70 Malmsbury Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                  

Embarkation Date:  20/10/1914

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Southern A27

END OF WAR 

Status:  Returned to Australia

Ship:  Llanstephen Castle                          

Embarked:  15/2/1918                               

Disembarked:  16/4/1918

Unit:  1st Division Artillery, Trench Motor Brigade                                                                           

Rank:  Gunner

Discharge Date:  25/7/1918                       

Place:  Melbourne

MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  13729

British War Medal:  3232

Victory Medal:  3230

Other:    Military Medal, MiD

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1880

Place:  Lilydale, Victoria                          

Father:  Thomas YOUNGER                     

Mother:  Mary Jane HUNTER

MARRIAGE

Year:  1902     

Place:             

Spouse: Ethel May FOSTER

DEATH

Date or Year: 14/10/1947                        

Place: Kew, Victoria                                

Burial:  Box Hill Cemetery, Victoria

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

Mention in Despatches gazetted 28/1/1916 for conspicuous services

Military Medal gazetted 4/2/1918

MEMORIALS

Kew War Memorial

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

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