15/10/2025
🇦🇺 Vietnam War Stories: Honouring the Heroes We Lost: Alexander Henry Young of Queensland
Today we honour Signaller Alexander Henry Young of Brisbane Queensland.
"Alex was a National Serviceman serving as a Signalman with the 104 Signals Squadron when he was fatally wounded two weeks before his 22nd Birthday during Operation Toan Thang, in Bien Hoa Province, at the Battle of Coral, during a mortar/rocket attack on Fire Support Patrol Base Coral, on the 16th May 1968."
The 104 Signals Squadron training room at Nui Dat constructed in early 1969 was named in Alex's honour - 'The Alexander Young Training Room'.
The Training Room at 104 Signal Sqadron, 1CSR, Darwin is still named in honour of Alex.
Signaller Alexander Henry Young lies in rest at the Garden of Remembrance, Mt Gravatt Cemetery, Queensland." Lest We Forget.
Original description and photo sourced by Virtual War Memorial Australia
