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Cenotaph record

Robert Young

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Robert AWMM
  • Surname
    Young AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    Robert Young jnr AWMM
  • Service number
    South African 7721 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    South African Pre 11 March 1902 AWMM Forbury Road, St Clair, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
  • Relationship status
    Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    South African 7721 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    South Africa 11 March 1902 AWMM
    Age 22 AWMM
    Engraver/Civilian AWMM
    Dunedin, Otago AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 8 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      10 stone AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM
      Bronchitis AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM
      Dysentery AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Served overseas 160 days

    Transvaal, 1902

    Father was named Robert Young. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 October 1964 Noel Smith Research Project
    Age 84 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Purewa Cemetery AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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