John Young

Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

Young AWMM

Service number

WWII 26441 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM 22 Wood Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW2 Mrs M. Young (wife), 22 Wood Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

Italy AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWII 26441 AWMM

Military service

• 29th (Mixed) Battalion AWMM
• B Force, 8th Brigade, New Zealand 3rd Division AWMM

Enlistment

WW2 Unknown AWMM Labourer/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW2 Private AWMM 29 Infantry Battalion AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

Corporal/Military AWMM
22 Infantry Battalion AWMM

Son of Arthur and Isabel Young, of Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland; husband of Emily Young, of Auckland AWMM

Death

3 Dec 1943 AWMM
Age  34 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Sangro River War Cemetery, Italy AWMM IX. E. 10 AWMM

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 2 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2215307
Sources Used

References

• Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  WW2 3: WW2 531
• Henderson, J. (1958). 22 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171)
• Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
• Auckland Museum. Roll of Honour, Auckland Province, 1939 - 1945. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 93/139.