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AUSTIN, William James
(Service number 68503)

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Birth

Date 31/07/1887 Place of Birth Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs Jane AUSTIN (mother), 47 Rose Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 33rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Date 31 December 1917
Transport Athenic
Embarked From Wellington Destination Glasgow, Scotland
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Wellington Regiment

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Clerk

Death

Date 14 February 1942 Age 54 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru cemetery
Memorial Reference Services Section, Row 105, Plot 15
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William James Austin was the son of Mrs Jane Austin of Timaru. He was born on 31 July 1887 at Dunedin. He married Margaret Kathleen Bryant in 1923 at St Mary's Church, Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [03 December 2016]

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