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Able Seaman JOHN AUSTIN

Service Number: D/JX 170085
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. President III

Date of Death

Died 10 April 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. BRIEUC WESTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot H. Row A. Grave 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Isabella Austin, of Paisley, Renfrewshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. BRIEUC WESTERN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Cotes-d'Armor France
Number of casualties: 92
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