Gunner 62578 William AUSTIN

Gunner 62578 William Austin{gallery}Gnr W Austin{/gallery}120th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 19th September 1917, aged 24

• Buried: The Huts Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Grave V.B.6
  
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of William and Alice Amelia Austin [nee Goldingay] of Minworth Green
• NNWFHS Memorial: Minworth
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Gunner Austin
• NNWFHS Minworth War Memorial Page
• The Huts Cemetery
• Royal Garrison Artillery

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1893 at Minworth Green
  
• Lived at Minworth Green [1901 and 1911]
  
• Employed as a waggoner [1911]
• Enlisted 10 Nov 1915 at Fort Brockhurst, Gosport