meet private robert young
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Two convicts risked their lives to save Private Robert Young from drowning. Were they his friends, or were they hoping for a reward?TRANSCRIPT
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AMAZING STORIES, EPIC HISTORY
His melancholy fate doth plainly prove/the frail His melancholy fate doth plainly prove/the frail uncertainty of human life. uncertainty of human life. – PTE ROBERT YOUNG’S GRAVE STONE– PTE ROBERT YOUNG’S GRAVE STONE
TWO CONVICTS RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE PRIVATE ROBERT TWO CONVICTS RISKED THEIR LIVES TO SAVE PRIVATE ROBERT
YOUNG FROM DROWNING. WERE THEY HIS FRIENDS, OR WERE YOUNG FROM DROWNING. WERE THEY HIS FRIENDS, OR WERE
THEY HOPING FOR A REWARD? WE KNOW FAR LESS ABOUT THEY HOPING FOR A REWARD? WE KNOW FAR LESS ABOUT
THE ORDINARY SOLDIERS THAN WE DO ABOUT THE ORDINARY SOLDIERS THAN WE DO ABOUT
THE CONVICTS THEY GUARDED. PORT ARTHUR IS THE CONVICTS THEY GUARDED. PORT ARTHUR IS
CONSERVED AS A TESTAMENT TO ALLCONSERVED AS A TESTAMENT TO ALL
WHO LIVED AND WORKED HERE – WHO LIVED AND WORKED HERE –
A PLACE EVERYONE SHOULD VISIT.A PLACE EVERYONE SHOULD VISIT.