Portrait of 1446 Lieutenant (Lt) Stanley Walton Young, MM, of the 8th Battalion. Lt Young ...

Portrait of 1446 Lieutenant (Lt) Stanley Walton Young, MM, of the 8th Battalion. Lt Young enlisted 27 October 1914 at Rochester, Vic and returned to Australia 13 July 1919. As 1249 Lance Corporal Young he was recommended for the Distinghuished Conduct Medal on 13 October 1917 for his actions at Broodseinde Ridge east of Ypres on 4 October 1917. Lt Young was awarded the Military Medal (MM) instead on 2 May 1918. Lt Young was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for his actions on 13 July 1918, which was gazetted on 12 February 1919; he was also awarded a Bar for the MC for his actions at Herleville Wood on 23 August 1918. The award of the Bar was gazetted on 3 June 1919. From the collection of Mr Alfred Thomas Sharp. Mr Sharp was the Commonwealth Immigration Officer of Victoria and was based in the London Office during the First World War. He and his wife hosted and visited many soldiers, particularly those from Victoria, who were recuperating in London. He also photographed many Australian graves in English cemeteries. His photograph collection relating to this period in London was bequeathed to the Memorial in 1922 after his death. During his time in London he was a member of the British Volunteer Regiment, serving with the Willesden Battalion, Middlesex Volunteer Regiment.