Austin, Albert Joseph William –

Son of Albert Ernest and Isabella Sarah Austin (nee Mitchell), of 26, Rutland Grove, Chorley Old Road, Bolton, Lancashire, and formerly of 12, St. Paul’s Cottages, Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Annie Austin (nee Kay). Formerly employed by the London and North Western Railway Company. Enlisted 1914. Three times wounded; in 1915 in the Dardanelles, 1916 on the Somme, and again in 1917 in the left arm. Died aged 29 years, 1919, and interred at St. Stephen’s Farnworth 19/05/1919.

Personal details

  • Surname: Austin
  • Forename: Albert Joseph William
  • Date of birth: January 23rd, 1890
  • Birth place: Islington, Middlesex
  • Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
  • Gender: Male
  • Age of death: Not known
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: Not known
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Unit: Not known
  • Service number: Not known
  • Regiment: Not known
  • Enlistment date: Not known
  • Enlistment location: Not known
  • Conflict: Not known

Decorations

  • Service medals: St / V / BW
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 31/08/1917
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6f
  • Bolton Chronicle: 07/09/1917

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