Joseph Francis Herbert Young

Private

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Born at Christchurch. Served on the Western Front.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

The late Mr Herbert Young, who passed away at Christchurch Hospital on November 15, was in the New Zealand Railway service at Little River when he joined the Sixteenth Reinforcement. He saw considerable service in France, and took part in the battle of Messines. After contracting nephritis he was some months in hospital in England, being then invalided to New Zealand, arriving home on February 3 last. He later resumed railway duty, being clerk in the parcels rffice at Christchurch Station when attacked by influenza. After a week’s illness at his home he was taken to the Hospital, where he succumbed to Pneumonia a few hours later. Mr Young was in his twenty-fifth year and was highly respected by all who knew him.

STAR (CHRISTCHURCH), ISSUE 12481, 21 NOVEMBER 1918, PAGE 4

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Casualty

Service Number:

21632

Name:

Joseph Francis Herbert Young

Name variation:

Herbert Young (Family)

Rank:

Private

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

NZEF, Canterbury Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of Disease

Date of Death:

15 November 1918

Day of Death:

Friday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Christchurch (Linwood) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

Block 34. Plot 61.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand