Albert Andrew YOUNG

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Service Number:	3516
Enlisted:	21 July 1915, Bendigo, Vic.
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	13th Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Dookie, Victoria, Australia, 1897
Home Town:	Golden Square, Greater Bendigo, Victoria
Schooling:	Golden Square State School, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Cycle salesman
Died:	Died of wounds, Pernois, France, 25 April 1918
Cemetery:	Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, France Plot I, Row A, Grave No. 21, Pernois British Cemetery, Halloy-les-Pernois, Amiens, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bendigo Great War Roll of Honor

21 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3516, 7th Infantry Battalion, Bendigo, Vic.
11 Oct 1915:	Involvement Private, 3516, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: ''
11 Oct 1915:	Embarked Private, 3516, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne
26 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 59th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
15 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 57th Infantry Battalion, Egypt
25 Mar 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Egypt
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 3516, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Fromelles (Fleurbaix)
9 May 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 3516, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Bullecourt (Second)
26 Sep 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 3516, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Polygon Wood
24 Apr 1918:	Wounded AIF WW1, Gunner, 3516, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, Villers-Bretonneux, Severely gassed. Evacuated to 4th CCS at Pernois however died there of his wounds the next day 25 April 1918.
25 Apr 1918:	Involvement Gunner, 3516, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3516 awm_unit: 13th Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Gunner awm_died_date: 1918-04-25

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Gunner 3516 Albert Andrew Young was severely gassed at Villers-Bretonneux on 24 April 1918.

He was evacuated to 4th CCS at Pernois however died there of his wounds the next day 25 April 1918.