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About Walter James Young
- Sir Walter James Young KBE (2 April 1872 – 5 January 1940) was an Australian businessman. Walter James Young was the son of John Young, a pastoralist, and was born at Moonta, South Australia.
- He was educated at Whinham College and obtained a position with Elder Smith and Company at Adelaide in 1897.
- His energy and ability soon marked him out for promotion and 25 years later, at the early age of 40, he became general manager of the company.
- In 1929 he was appointed managing-director.
- Though well known in business circles Young did not come into public notice until the 1914-18 war, when he was a member of the Commonwealth shipping board, and vice-chairman of the Commonwealth central wool committee.
- In 1917 he went on a special mission to the United States for the British government.
- In 1920 he was chairman of the London committee which carried out negotiations with the British government relating to Australian Wool carry-over, and he was also a member of the advisory committee of the Australian Wheat Board.
- In 1923 Young was a member of the committee of inter-Imperial exchanges at the Imperial economic conference held at London, and showed himself to be a man of wide knowledge. From this time onwards Young's opinions were much valued by state and federal governments.
- He was chairman of a special committee appointed by the South Australian government in 1927 to advise on the state finances.
- Again in 1930 he was chairman of the advisory committee to advise in connexion with the depression.
- He was able to resign in 1932 having recommended that South Australia should fall in with the "premiers' plan".
- He was a director of various companies, a member of the council of the University of Adelaide from 1924, and was chairman of the South Australian branch of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research.
- He was created CBE in 1918 and KBE in 1932.
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