Russell Young (tennis)
Russell Richard Thomas Young DSO (25 June 1902 – 1990) was a New Zealand Davis Cup player, army officer, and corporate executive.
Early life
Young was born in Wellington on 25 June 1902. His parents were Theodosia Evelyn Young and Arthur Young.[1]
Career
Young took a degree and a tennis Blue at Cambridge, then pursued an advanced degree.[2] He represented New Zealand in the 1928 Davis Cup. At the outbreak of World War II, he was living in London, an executive for Shell. He was commissioned in the New Zealand Army, and fought in North Africa and Italy. As a captain and company commander, he was the only member of the 22nd Battalion (New Zealand) to escape after much of the battalion was captured after encirclement at Ruweisat Ridge during First Battle of El Alamein, and later served as the commander of the Māori Battalion, earning a Distinguished Service Order in the Italian Campaign.
Young returned to the business world after World War II, serving as a corporate director. He died in Surrey in 1990.
References
- ↑ "Auckland War Museum bio of Russell Young". Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ↑ University of Cambridge (1929). Abstracts of Dissertations Approved for the Ph.D., M.Sc., and M.Litt. Degrees in the University of Cambridge. The Cambridge University Press. p. 12.