1913. Studio portrait of Provisional Lieutenant Harold Henry Young, 3rd Military District, 73rd ...

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Accession Number P02182.001
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Period 1910-1919
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

1913. Studio portrait of Provisional Lieutenant Harold Henry Young, 3rd Military District, 73rd Infantry Regiment, Senior Cadets, aged twenty six years. Note the Victorian Rifle Association Queen's prize badge on his left sleeve. Young was a well known Victorian rifleman who won the Victorian Queen's prize badge in 1913, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1929, 1930 and 1933. Young served with the 7th Battalion in World War 1 in Gallipoli, France and Belgium. He also served with the 18th Battalion, Volunteer Defence Corps, in World War 2.