Frank Howard YOUNG

Regimental number11/1748
Date of birth25 June 1891
OccupationFarmer
AddressPO Box 22, Otane
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 11"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, G J Young, 32 Lordship Park, London, England
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAnzac Mounted Division
FateKilled in Action 30 March 1918
Other details

Embarked Wellington, 10 October 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 November 1915.

Left for Canal Zone, 23 January 1916.

Reported wounded, 9 August 1916 (gun shot wound, foot.

Admitted to 31st General Hospital, Port Said, 21 September 1916 (gonorrhoea); transferred to 14th Australian General Hospital, Abbassia, 27 September 1916; discharged, 26 October 1916; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 35 days.

Joined Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Bir Mosefig, 5 November 1916.

Admitted to 43rd Stationary Hospital, 8 September 1917; transferred to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 10 September 1917 (fractured nasal bone); to 27th Stationary Hospital, Abbassia, 11 September 1917; discharged to duty, 19 September 1917.

Killed in action, 30 March 1918.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Seventh
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805