Joseph Edgar Wray Young

Enlistment Date

16/08/1915

Age At Enlistment

Rank On Enlistment

Private

Rank Attained At War’s End

Sergeant

Regimental No.

2199

Battalion

30th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement

Fate

Returned

Fate Date

23/03/1919

Occupation

Chief Steward

Place of Birth

Ipswich, Queensland

Religion

Presbyterian

Marital Status

Single

Embarkation Details

Embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on 16 February 1916

On 24 August 1915, the Newcastle Morning Herald reported that “the latest supporter of the (soccer) code to enlist is Mr. J. E. Young, the patron of Adamstown Club, and the donor of the ‘Young Cup.’ Mr. Young has been a great supporter of the Adamstown Club, and he will be missed from their midst. He has also taken a keen interest in the cricket clubs and band at Adamstown.” By war’s end Private Young had been promoted to Sergeant and was admitted to hospital in November 1918 with trench fever and bronchitis. He died in Randwick, NSW, on 16 May 1943, aged 54.