Young, Robert Mostyn (Private, b.1915 - d.1941)

Places	Africa: Egypt, Alexandria Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Bardia Area, Bardia Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Derna Africa: North Africa, Libya, Cyrenaica, Tobruk Area, Tobruk Europe: Greece
Accession Number	PR04248
Collection type	Private Record
Record type	Collection
Measurement	Extent: .5 cm; Wallet/s: 1
Object type	Letter
Maker	Young, Robert Mostyn
Place made	Greece, North Africa
Date made	1940-1941
Access	Open
Conflict	Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright	Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain This item is in the Public Domain
Copying Provisions	Copyright expired. Copying permitted subject to physical condition. Permission for reproduction not required.

Description

Collection relating to the Second World War service of WX2311 Private Robert Mostyn Young, 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion, Second Australian Imperial Force, North Africa and Greece, 1940-1941.

Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of three letters from Private Young to members of his family, dated between 10 December 1940 and 7 May 1941. These letters were written by Private Young while he was serving with 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion in North Africa and Greece. In his letters, Private Young writes about receiving mail from home, having leave in Alexandria, hearing news about the war, experiencing air raids, meeting old friends, serving at Bardia, Tobruk and Derna, playing football, serving in Greece, his pack being blown up, being bombed during their evacuation from Greece, and resting at Crete.

History / Summary

Private Robert Mostyn Young enlisted to the Second Australian Imperial Force on 25 April 1940. He served with 2/11 Australian Infantry Battalion in Egypt, Libya, and Greece, and was killed in action at Crete on 28 May 1941. Private Young is commemorated at the Athens Memorial, Greece.