FULL NAME - Francis Beresford Young BORN - 10 October 1871 in Glenorchy DIED - 2 November 1946 in Wellington Lindsay Knight
FULL NAME - Francis Beresford Young FORENAME(S) - Francis Beresford SURNAME - Young WAR - World War I, 1914-1918 SERIAL NO. - 53553 FIRST KNOWN RANK - Corporal OCCUPATION BEFORE ENLISTMENT - Ironmonger NEXT OF KIN - Mrs Ellen Young (mother), 82 Salamanca Road, Wellington, New Zealand BODY ON EMBARKATION - New Zealand Expeditionary Force EMBARKATION UNIT - 27th Reinforcements F Company EMBARKATION DATE - 16 July 1917 PLACE OF EMBARKATION - Wellington, New Zealand TRANSPORT - HMNZT 88 VESSEL - Athenic DESTINATION - Liverpool, England NOMINAL ROLL NUMBER - 68 PAGE ON NOMINAL ROLL - 3
Annie I thought for a moment that you'd found another international player that I'd missed, but F B Young played for New Zealand before that country's first international match in 1903. Gareth
