AUSTIN, Colin Douglas
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 1 September 1914, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 7 December 1870 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Branch Manager (Wheat Buyers) |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 44 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lone Pine Cemetery, ANZAC Plot: II.D.22. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Captain, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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| 6 Mar 1901: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901. | |
| 5 May 1902: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Captain, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 491 notes 5th QIB embarked at Cape Town 27 Mar 1902 aboard St Andrew returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 30 Apr 1902, disbanded 5 May 1902. |
World War 1 Service
| 1 Sep 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, Brisbane, Queensland | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, HMAT A14 Euripides | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1 | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Captain, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 6 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 3rd Infantry Battalion, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Colin Douglas Austin was born on 7 Dec 1870 at Brisbane, Queensland, a son to Robert Austin and Sophia Catherine Austin (nee Douglas). He married Mabel Pye in 1914 at Sydney, New South Wales. He enlisted under the name of Colin Austin in 1901 for the South African (Boer) War prior to which he had been in the Townsville area working as an Abattoir Inspector.
He served in both the Boer War and WW1. First service was as a Captain in the 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen. Second service was as a Lieutenant Hon Captain rising to Major in the 3rd Infantry Battalion AIF, WW1, during which he was killed in action at Gallipoli on 6 Aug 1915. His previous Boer War service is noted on page 56 of his WW1 service record held by National Archives Australia.
(sources- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murry p. 492; National Archives Australia- WW1 service record).
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