New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

4th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37585

About

Born in Scotland

12 December 1875

Parents

Mother

Agnes Young

Father

Thomas Young

Settled in New Zealand

1908

Residence

Hometown

Wairere

Work

Occupation

Tunneller

Employer

Public Works Department

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Military Medal

For bravery in the field.

Died at the age of 79

3 March 1955

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 119/0126305, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.55, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 40.

Anthony Byledbal, “James Young (1875-1955)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/934