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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JAMES YOUNG

Service Number: 12/3523
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Auckland Regiment, N.Z.E.F.

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 February 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER

L. 46.

France

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  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Mary Young, of Mata Mata, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Buried or commemorated at

Y FARM MILITARY CEMETERY, BOIS-GRENIER
Nord France
Number of casualties: 837
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