Private Robert Mostyn Young

Service number WX2311
Birth Date 1915-09-12
Birth Place Australia: Western Australia, Geraldton
Death Date 1941-05-28
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 September 1915
Date of enlistment 25 April 1940
Date of death 28 May 1941