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Sergeant WILLIAM ARTHUR AUSTEN

Service Number: 1581189
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

45 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1945

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY

2. H. 12.

Myanmar

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Minnie Agnes Austen; husband of Evelyn Austen, of South Wigston, Leicestershire.
  • Personal Inscription NO VERSE CAN TELL, NO WEALTH REPAY HOW MUCH WE LOST ON THAT SAD DAY

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Buried or commemorated at

RANGOON WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 1426
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