Private Robert Mostyn Young

Service number WX2311
Birth Date 12/09/1915
Birth Place Australia: Western Australia, Geraldton
Death Date 28/05/1941
Death Place Greece: Crete
Final Rank Private
Service Australian Army
Unit 2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion
Places
Conflict/Operation Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

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.

Rolls

  • Roll of Honour:

    Unit
    2/11th Australian Infantry Battalion
    Conflict
    Second World War, 1939-1945
    Rank
    Private

Timeline

Date of birth 12/09/1915
Date of enlistment 25/04/1940
Date of death 28/05/1941