Robert Young
Born 5 Jan 1877 - Died 25 Feb 1953
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- WWI 10/451 AWMM
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- Army AWMM
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- War
About
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- Forenames
- Robert AWMM
- Surname
- Young AWMM
- Ingoa
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- WWI 10/451 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
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About birth
- Birth
- 5 Jan 1877 AWMM
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 Marton, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Robert Young (father), St Mark's Vicarage, Carterton, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Married AWMM
Married, 7 children AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
- 1918 AWMM Le Quesnoy AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
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- WWI 10/451 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) AWMM
London Gazette 3 June 1919, p6790, Rec 3403 "This Officer has served continuously in the Field from the landing in Gallipoli until the armistice – except for a short period while wounded. In action, for the first time as a Regimental Officer, later as a Battalion Commander, and for the last eighteen months as a Brigade Commander, his leadership and gallantry have throughout won the confidence of his men. His conduct of operations entrusted to him has always won the confidence of his superiors. Behind the Line his own sense of duty has been an example to his officers, and his unremitting care for the comfort and welfare of his men has ensured their affection and obedience. For some years previous to the War, and at a time when no other reward than a sense of duty performed could be looked for, this Officer, among others, by hard work with the Volunteers, later with the Territorial Force, made possible the foundation on which the success of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force has largely been built." McDonald, p. 288-9 AWMM - Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) AWMM
London Gazette 14 January 1916, p568 "For services rendered in connection with military operations in the field." McDonald, p. 289 AWMM - Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
London Gazette 8 November 1915, p11027 "For distinguished service in the field during the operations at the Dardanelles." McDonald, p. 289 AWMM - Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Five Times AWMM
London Gazette 5 November 1915, p11003 | London Gazette 28 January 1916, p1210 | London Gazette 4 January 1917, p261, Rec No 405 | London Gazette 31 December 1918, p15230, Rec No 2769 | London Gazette 11 July 1919, p8836 | London Gazette 24 February 1916, p2066 AWMM - Chevalier, Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (France) AWMM
London Gazette 24 February 1916, p2066 AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 7 or HMNZT 10 AWMM Captain/Military AWMM Wellington Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
Wounded AWMM
Last known rank
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Biographical information
- Husband of Florence nee Ward. An eight child was born three months after Robert embarked for war.
Captain [promoted in 1910] in the Royal Rifles at Marton which was later absorbed into the 7th [ Wellington-West Coast ] Regiment.
Left NZ as a Major in the 9th [Hawkes Bay] Company of the Wellington Battalion although listed as Lieutenant Colonel on the Nominal Roll.
He embarked and sailed on the Limerick although he was transferred to the Arawara for a short while before the fleet actually sailed. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 25 Feb 1953 AWMM
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22024369
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130136.html
Further Reference - National Archives of New Zealand, National Collection of War Art. Portrait.
http://warart.archives.govt.nz/node/534
Further Reference - Other Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24235549
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 807 - Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
Vol. 1: Includes portrait - Information kindly provided by family
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
p. 288-9 - Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
- The Le Quesnoy Campaign research was undertaken by the New Zealand Society of Genealogists as part of the development of New Zealand Liberation Museum - Te Arawhata (Le Quesnoy France). This research project was led by CJ Barbour (NZSG), BI Silvester, HH Farrant (NZMHS) with the support of NZSG volunteers (2022). The individuals included in this research dataset were identified as potentially having served in or around the wider Le Quesnoy campaign. Their presence at Le Quesnoy has not been individually verified in every case.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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