Joseph Henry Young

1890-1966

Unit

Main Body

Section

Section No.4

Rank

Sapper

Serial

4/1554

About

Born

18 May 1890
Parent

Father

Thomas Young
Residence

Hometown

Millerton
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

W. C. Company, Millerton
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

  • 'J' Company, Coast Defences

    New Zealand

  • World War I (1914-1918)

    New Zealand Tunnellers

    British War Medal ribbon

    British War Medal

    Victory Medal ribbon

    Victory Medal

    Military Medal ribbon

    Military Medal
    For bravery in the field.

    Death

    Died at the age of 76

    9 October 1966

    Sources

    Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

    New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 119/0126357, Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1915. New Zealand Engineers Tunnelling Company, Government Printer, Wellington, 1916, p. 6.

    How to cite this page

    Anthony Byledbal, “Joseph Henry Young (1890-1966)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/935