LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class II Leo YOUNG
From Australia serving in the Royal Air Force
Service No: 1281411 (RAFVR)
Born: Beaufort VIC, Date unavailable
Enlisted in the RAF: c1940
Unit: Unavailable
Died: Illness, UK, 22 November 1941, Aged 27 Years
Buried: Winsley (St Nicholas) Churchyard, Wiltshire
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Samuel Young and of Isabella Catherine Young, of South Yarra, Victoria, Australia
Roll of Honour: Unknown
Aircraftman Young was working in Belgium as a member of Russian ballet troupe when that country was invaded. He escaped to the UK and joined the RAF. He contracted pneumonia and was hospitalised for some months before his death.
References:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
RAF Commands Website
Trove (National Library of Australia) Newspaper Article: Argus (Melbourne) 28 November 1941