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NAME:                      Austin, William  (on pension card alias Walter James Austin)
RANK:                      Private
UNIT:                      Wiltshire Regiment
BATTALION ETC:             5th Battalion
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         20909
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 23rd April 1916
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Basra Memorial, Iraq
OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 42. Born 11th July 1975 at Romsey.
                           Son of Daniel & Elizabeth Austin of 11 Narrow Lane, Romsey (1901).
                           Husband of Elizabeth Mary Austin of 119 Middlebridge Street, Romsey. 
                           A Reservist.
                           Born & resided: Romsey, Hants. Enlisted: Southampton.