William Vern AUSTIN

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Service Number:	VX24316
Enlisted:	17 June 1940, Caulfield, Victoria
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment
Born:	Northcote , Victoria, 10 April 1901
Home Town:	Reservoir, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Burma, 5 June 1942, aged 41 years
Cemetery:	Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, (Burma) Plot A12, Row C, Grave 6, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery, Thanbyuzayat, Mon State, Myanmar
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Greensborough RSL Sub Branch Memorial Wall

17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Private, VX24316, Caulfield, Victoria
17 Jun 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, VX24316
5 Jun 1942:	Involvement Gunner, VX24316, 2nd/4th Anti Tank aka Tank Attack Regiment, Prisoners of War

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4 AntinTank Regiment

Rank - Gunner

Son of John and Elizabeth Mary Arabella Austin; husband of Violet Lily Austin, of Preston, Victoria, Australia.