Service Details
- Branch of Service
- Army
- Conflict
- World War I (1914-1918)
- Date of Enlistment
- 18/06/1915
- Date of Discharge
- 17/10/1919
- Place of Enlistment
- Melbourne, Victoria
Personal Details
- Gender
- Male
- Date of Birth
- 30/07/1885
- Place of Birth
- Carlton, Victoria
- Address (at enlistment)
- Camberwell, Victoria (previously Acton ACT)
- Occupation
- Public servant
- Next of Kin
- William Young (father), Camberwell, Victoria
Unit and Rank Details
- Service Number
- 1647
- Final Rank
- Lieutenant
- Final Unit
- AN&MEF
Commemoration
Roll of Honour 1914-19 in Queanbeyan Masonic Centre, Crawford St, Queanbeyan NSW
Notes
Charles Young was a survey draftsman with the Lands and Survey Branch of the Department of Home Affairs in Canberra when he enlisted for the first time in June 1915. He was appointed a Lieutenant, embarking for Egypt in January 1916 with the 7th Battalion. After being treated for a hernia and gastric ulcers, Young was transferred to the 59th Battalion (part of the 15th Brigade) in June and arrived in France with the 59th Battalion at the end of that month. His unit was involved in the Battle of Fromelles on 19/20 July 1916. By October he had become seriously ill with dysentery and gastro enteritis and returned to Australia where his appointment was terminated on 7 September 1917.
Exactly a year later he re-enlisted with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) and served in Rabaul as a temporary 2nd Lieutenant from the end of December 1918. He returned to Australia in September 1919 where his appointment was terminated on 17 October 1919.
Young lived in Canberra after the war and died there on 17 April 1957. He was cremated in Melbourne.
Description - height 5 feet 8ΒΌ inches, weight 146 pounds, chest 34-38 inches, fresh complexion, blue eyes, brown hair, Presbyterian.
Sources
National Library of Australia: Canberra Rifle Club Minute Book 1914-1939 (manuscript call no. NLA MS 3996)
National Library of Australia: Country Women's Association of NSW (Canberra Branch) History, 1959 (manuscript call no. NLA MS 734)
Lyall Gillespie, 'Canberra 1820-1913', AGPS 1991 (p.270)
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Queanbeyan Age - 9 February 1913, 1 September 1914, 13 April 1915
The Canberra Times - 17 April 1957