H06576 Accession Number: H06576

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Studio portrait of 8269 Corporal Charles Edward Young, 2nd Field Bakery, from Port Adelaide, South Australia. A 22 year old baker prior to enlisting on 14 June 1915, he was promoted to Corporal on 1 September 1915 and embarked for overseas with the 19th Australian Army Service Corps Field Bakery and Butchery from Sydney on 30 November 1915 aboard HMAT Suffolk. While serving in France with the 2nd Field Bakery, he was promoted to Sergeant on 5 March 1916 and then on 22 September 1917 reverted to the rank of Private at his own request and transferred to the 5th Pioneer Battalion. He was killed in action near Corbie, France on 20 May 1918 and is buried in the Aubingy Military Cemetery, France.

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Accession Number
H06576
Classification
Photograph
Object Type
Print
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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