Private 268339 Sydney Arthur AUSTIN

Private 268339 Sydney Arthur Austin{gallery}Pte S A Austin{/gallery}2nd / 7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 9 April 1917, aged 24

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial Somme, France. Panel Ref: Pier and Face 9A 9B and 10B
  
• Enlisted 9th October 1915 – original Army Number 22018 [Army Service Records]
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals.
  
• Son of Joseph and Mary Austin
  
• Married Ellen Beck of Leicester on 6 May 1916 at Holy Trinity, Wilnecote.
• NNWFHS Memorial: Wilnecote
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Austin
• NNWFHS Wilnecote War Memorial Page
• Thiepval Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 1893 in Wilnecote
  
• Lived at 344 Tamworth Road, Kettlebrook [1911]
  
• Employed as a helper in paper making [1911]