Albert Henry AUSTINE

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Service Number:	VX13397
Enlisted:	26 April 1940, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	London, England, 8 December 1908
Home Town:	Cranbourne, Casey, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died at sea (Montevideo Maru), South China Sea, 1 July 1942, aged 33 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Panel 19, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Rabaul Memorial, Rabaul Montevideo Maru Memorial

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, VX13397
26 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Caulfield, Victoria, Australia
26 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX13397, 2nd/22nd Infantry Battalion

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2/22 Battalion

Rank - Private

Son of Earl David and Elizabeth Jane Austine; Husband of Lillian Bedelia Austine, of North Clyde, Victoria.