Sergeant Major

William Gordon Young

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of William and Georgina Young, of Wentworth St., East Gore, Invercargill.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
8/1869
Name:
William Gordon Young
Rank: 
Sergeant Major
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
W. Young (father), Gore, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
20 Dublin Street, Wanganui, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, Otago Regiment

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, on H.M.H.S. "Aquitania,"
Date of Death:
19 August 1915
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
4th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
17 April 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 21
HMNZT 22
HMNZT 23
Vessel:
Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
75
Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
William Gordon Young
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