Charles Lefanu Young

Forenames

Charles Lefanu AWMM

Surname

Young AWMM

Also known as

• Charles Le Fanu Young AWMM
• Lefana AWMM
• Charles Le Fanu AWMM
• Charles Lefana Young AWMM
• Charles Le Fanu Young AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1328 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Church of England, Christian AWMM

Birth

3 Jul 1894 AWMM Melbourne AWMM

Next of kin

• J. Young (father), College Street West, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
• J. Young (father), College Street West, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/1328 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 Law student/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Student/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM from Wellington AWMM
  HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Second Lieutenant AWMM Rarotongans, Attached B Company AWMM 3rd Maori Contingent AWMM
• WW1 26 Jun 1916 AWMM from Wellington AWMM
  HMNZT 56 or HMNZT 57 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM 14th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
  Gassed AWMM
• Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
  Tuberculosis AWMM

Last rank

Inter War 21 May 1919 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand (Maori) Pioneer Battalion AWMM

Death

10 Feb 1921 AWMM
Age  26 AWMM
Christchurch AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Waimairi Cemetery, Grahams Road, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM Block 2. Plot 42. (C. of E. Portion.) AWMM

Obituary

.MR C LE- F. YOUNG. 'Charles Le Fanu Young. Headmaster of Christ's College Lower School, died at his parents' residence. Merivale. yesterday. Mr Young though on the youthful side of 30. was a man of considerable attainments, and gave every promise of rising high in the educational profession. He was educated at the Palmerston North Boys' .High .School, and later was a student at Canterbury College, where he obtained his B.A. degree. He enlisted for service in the war in the Pioneer Battalion with the rank of captain, and saw service in Egypt and France, and was a lecturer in the Army School. He suffered Gas poisoning. On returning to New Zealand about two years ago he resumed his studies at Canterbury College, and obtained his B.Sc. degree. About a year ago he was appointed headmaster of Christ's College Lower .School. He .proved himself an able teacher. Before and .since his return from the war he took a promin'ent part in outdoor sport;. He was a captain of the Canterbury College first fifteen, and represented Canterbury in cricket. He seemed to recover from the gas poisoning, ar.d up to recently was in good health, but for the last few weeks his health was critical, ' and! he died yesterday morning as the result of a haemorrhage. The interment will be a private one.

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 18 June 2024 - OBITUARY.
PRESS, VOLUME LVII, ISSUE 17067, 11 FEBRUARY 1921, PAGE 8

Memorial name

Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Cemetery Records. Christchurch City Council cemeteries database.
  http://librarydata.christchurch.org.nz/Cemeteries/
  Sources Used
• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22023463
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7881221
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130892.html
  Further Reference
• Casualty Department Nominal Rolls of Service Personnel Returning to New Zealand Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/ACC080/searchnominal.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/642442/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/642442
  Further Reference
• Updated Cemetery
  https://heritage.christchurchcitylibraries.com/Cemeteries/interment.asp?id=51870
  Public - Shane - 23 April 2026 - Christchurch City Council Cemetery database

References

• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
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• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.