Robert MacGregor YOUNG

Regimental number7/487
AddressFlaxton, Canterbury
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Frederick William Young, The Vicarage, Devonport, Auckland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Main Body, embarked on board two ships, HMNZT 4 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 11 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of wounds 19 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 3) Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick William Young, All Saints Vicarage, Ponsonby Road, Auckland, and the late Jeanie Wright Young
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Main Body