Harvey Percy AUSTIN

AUSTIN, Harvey Percy

Service Number: 2779
Enlisted: 12 September 1916, Longreach, Queensland
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 42nd Infantry Battalion
Born: Gravesend, Kent, England, 1886
Home Town: Longreach, Longreach, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Grazier
Died: Queensland, Australia, 19 June 1962, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland
Columbarium 12, Section 9
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World War 1 Service

12 Sep 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, 2779, 42nd Infantry Battalion, Longreach, Queensland
23 Dec 1916: Involvement Private, 2779, 42nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: ''
23 Dec 1916: Embarked Private, 2779, 42nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Raelene Smith

Born to parents, Eugine Holland and Harvey Austin.

Married Ruby Mary (probably Ruby Mary Murphy Grey) on 13 August 1925.  Had a child, Francis Harvey Austin on 24 January 1923.

Married Evelyn Maud Gwendoline Brierty (?) on 20 March 1946.