AUSTIN, Douglas Granville
| Service Number: | T42640 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | WW2 Light Horse Derived Units - Motor Regiments / Machine Gun Regiments /Armoured Car Regiments |
| Born: | Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia, 1 September 1919 |
| Home Town: | Scottsdale, Dorset, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Scottsdale, Tasmania, Australia, 25 September 1993, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Scottsdale and Ellesmere General Cemetery, Tasmania |
| Memorials: |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T42640 | |
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| 31 May 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, T42640, WW2 Light Horse Derived Units - Motor Regiments / Machine Gun Regiments /Armoured Car Regiments, 22 Motor Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Doug was the youngest of six children of George (Bill) Alfred William Austin (b1879 in Launceston, Tasmania) and Clara Elizabeth Carey (b1881 in Scottsdale, Tasmania). Bill ( a Labourer) and Clara married in 1906 in Scottsdale, Tasmania where they settled and raised their family. Bill worked as a Labourer.
Doug was a Labourer in Scottsdale when he enlisted in the Militia in April 1940. He was a Trooper (Service No:497112) with 22 Light Horse Regiment, which in 1942 was renamed 22nd Motor Regiment when horses were withdrawn. Doug was Discharged in May 1943 (Trooper; Service No:T42640) - released for farm work.
In 1947 Doug was a Farmer at Ferndale in Scottsdale when he married Ivy Veronica Kincade (b1929 in Branxholm, Tasmania). Doug and Ivy settled in Scottsdale where Doug was a Farmer. He died in 1993 and Ivy in 2010.
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