YOUNG, Michael Joseph
(Service number 4/873)
| First Rank | Sapper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 28 July 1884 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Mrs Miles, Woolcombe Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Engine driver | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Mary YOUNG (mother), Hunter, Makikihi, Timaru; Mrs E. YOUNG (wife), 37 The . . . . , Chilterne, Wiltshire, England | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 4th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | New Zealand Field Engineers | ||
| Date | 17 April 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 21 August 1968 | Age | 84 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Michaerl Joseph Young was born on 28 July 1884 at Waimate, the eldest son of William and Mary (née Hogan) Young. His father died in 1905 and was buried at Waimate; his mother lived on, a widow, until 1937.
Michael James was an engine driver residing at Timaru when he enlisted. He married Elizabeth Stuart Tomes on 24 May 1916 in Lambeth, London. Elizabeth already had a child, Harold Stuart (born in 1911 in Lambeth), who may have been adopted by Michael and did grow up with the Young name. Michael and Elizabeth had another son born in England in 1919 – Colin Crag Young. Michael Joseph Young died on 21 August 1968, aged 84 years, and was buried in Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch. His brother, James George Young, also served in World War I. Eng M. J. Young and Pte J. G. Young were listed in the Waimate Daily Advertiser Roll of honour from February 1917.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 July 2002]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [20 July 2002]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 24 February 1917 (Papers Past) [24 July 2020]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [23 July 2020]; Ruru Lawn Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [24 July 2020]
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