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James Rarity Young

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 62), Page: 27 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 62), Page: 27 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James Rarity AWMM
  • Surname
    Young AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 53886 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    1 April 1891 AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
    Koroit, Victoria, AUSTRALIA Public - Sarndra - Researcher - 26 December 2018 - Familysearch.org website; Fathers probate; https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99DC-ZQG7?i=53&cc=1865481
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 J. Young (father), 141 College Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 53886 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Christchurch, Canterbury 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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Young, James R. Letter to [Vera Holm Turnbull], 1918. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS 98/35. Typed transcript (photocopy) of a letter from Reverend J.R. Young, France, to [Vera Holm Turnbull], dated 28 October 1918, regarding the death of her brother, Corporal 2/2780 Harold Holm Biss.

    Educated at Camcote High School and the University of Sydney.

    Record of service also held at the University of Sydney Archives. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1972 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

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Sources

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  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      62: 27 AWMM
    • Young, James R. Letter to [Vera Holm Turnbull], 1918. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-98/35. AWMM
    • Young, James Rarity, 1891-1972 : Rememberings. Alexander Turnbull Library MS-Papers-1032. AWMM

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26 December 2018SarndraAuckland, New ZealandResearcher

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