John YOUNG

Regimental number49958
OccupationPloughman
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Young, Dunback, Otago
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 10 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1 (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No 27), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Elizabeth Young, Dunback, Otago; late of Ayrshire, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 38

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