YOUNG, James Alfred
(Service number 11/169)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 17/02/1894 | Place of Birth | Naseby, Central Otago |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Henderson and Russell, Cave, South Canterbury | ||
| Occupation | Shoeing smith | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs James YOUNG (mother), Naseby, Central Otago | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Wellington Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Orari or Arawa | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 September 1953 | Age | 59 years |
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| Place of Death | Auckland | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Glenfield Cemetery, Birkenhead, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
James Alfred Edwin Young was born on 17 February 1894 at Naseby, Central Otago, the son of James and Mary (née Reed) Young. His father had died in 1912. James was a shoeing smith at Cave when he enlisted, leaving by the train from Fairlie on 12 August 1914 with the 8th South Canterbury Mounted Rifles men from Fairlie. He married Zelda Elizabeth McLeod in 1922 in Auckland. ,
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [11 May 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [11 May 2020]; Glenfield Cemetery record (Auckland Council) [11 May 2020]
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