Wiiliam Roy Young
- Born: 5 Oct 1896, Junction Hotel, Walgett NSW, Australia 478
- Died: 17 Oct 1917, North of Ypres, Belgium at age 21 479
- Buried: The Huts Cemetery, Belgium 479
 Cause of his death was Killed in Action.
General Notes:
Notes from the Australia War Memorial.
Young, William Roy MM
Number 11154
Rank: Corporal
Unit: 2nd Bde Australian Field Artillery
Service: Army
Conflict: 1914-1918
Date of Death: 17 oct 1917
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
Memorial Panel: 12
Cemetery or Memorial Details: Belgium 19 The Huts Cemetery Dickebusch, Belgium
Place of Enlistment: Coonamble, NSW
Native Place: Coonamble NSW
Notes: YOUNG, Cpl. William 11154, M.M. 2nd Bde. Australian Field Artillery. Killed in action 17th Oct., 1917. Age 21. Son of William Henry and Abertha Blanche young. Native of Coonamble, New South Wales. XIII. B. 11.
Source AWM145 Roll of Honour Cards, 1914-1918 War, Army
Young, William
Service Number 11154
Rank: Corporal
Unit 2nd FAB (6th Bty)
Service: Army
Honour/Award: Military Medal
Date of London Gazette: 28 Sep 1917, page 10039, position 25
Date of Commonwealth of Australia Gazette: 24 January 1918, page 84, position 87
Notes from the Commonwealth War Graves Commision
In Memory of Corporal William Young MM
11154, 2nd Bde., Australian Field Artillery who died age 21 on 17 October 1917 Son of William Henry and Abertha Blanche Young. Native of Coonamble, New South Wales.
Remembered with Honour The Huts Cemetery
Cemetery: The Huts Cemetery, Belgium
Locality: Ieper, West-Valanderen
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