Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Thomas Joseph Young
Ancestor's date of birth: Detail not provided
Ancestor's date of death: Detail not provided
Cause of Death: He died after an operation to remove his appendix after he returned to Australia aged 48.
Service Number: 1441
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Victoria
Unit: 5th Victorian Mounted Rifles
Rank attained in Boer War: CPL, Date Effective: Detail not provided
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): Detail not provided
Murray Page: 297
Contingent: 5th Victorian
Ship: Orient, Date of Sailing: 15/02/1901
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Decorations: Detail not provided
Personal Characteristics: Detail not provided
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: Detail not provided
Service and life after the Boer War: Returned home to Australia on the Transport Custodian arriving Melbourne Victoria 25th April 1902.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Glen Hartley, Kingsville VIC
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
