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Personal Details of George Frederick "Dick" Austin

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Born:	15/02/1884
Died:	12/10/1917
Buried:	1917

Please note that this person is not acutally buried in Newtown Road Cemetery, but is remembered here on a family grave or memorial.

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Birth

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Death

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Burial Register

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Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.

Memorial Details

	From top of cross: In Loving Memory of / George Austin/ At Rest Dec 11th.1917/ And of Mary his wife/ At Rest Dec. 21st. 1917/ Also their son/ Dick Austin/ Killed in action/ Oct. 12th, 1917 at Poelcapelle/ East facing kerbstone: Louise V. Austin, eldest daughter of above/ late of Umtali, died Dec.18th. 1922. East facing kerbstone: "Love is stronger than death."

Name on Memorial	George Frederick "Dick" Austin
Date of death	12/10/1917
Age
Gender	Male

Memorial Type	Stone Cross and 4 kerbstones
Construction Material	Rough grey granite
Condition of memorial	Inlaid letters,fair
Pattison Location Code	P3
Recorder's Notes	Inscriptions for Dick Austin and Louise V Austin are memorials only. Both died outside of Newbury and are buried elsewhere, Dick Austin in a Copmmonwealth War Grave ==== Note from Doug Larsen Elizabeth, Sue and Jan discovered a mystery monument when they were doing some recording near footpath 2. The “real” monument was for the Frances Barnard and Ernest Gilbert Kimber family (Ref Mrs P. Ch3(B)). That was all fairly standard. But they also found, leaning against the monument, a small bible shaped stone which had names from an Austin family, apparently no connection with the Kimbers. I took a note of the names on the book and compared them to other Austins in the cemetery. I’m convinced that they are some of the children of the George and Mary Austin family which are at P3 near the LH gate of the Lodge. This is a grave that we know pretty well because it is one of our War memorials that we place poppies on; Dick Austin being a service man who died at Poelcapelli in 1917. George and Mary had a lot of children, if the names on the book are to be believed, many of whom died young. The names on the book are Gwendolin, Thomas, Kathleen, Leslie, Mary all said to be children of George and Mary Austin. I believe they had no room on their monument so had to make this one to lay on top of the existing monument. Somehow it got separated and was found about 25m away in Area 2(A). Out of interest I have prepared a table of their deaths and ages just to verify that my assumption is correct George 11/12/16 Age 66 Mary 21/12/1917 Age 68 Dick 12/10/1917 Age ? Buried at Poelcapelli Louise 18/12/1922 Age? Died in Umtali (Brian will know where this is!) Gwendolin 18/11/1890 Age 2 Thomas 17/2/1892 Age 2 Kathleen 3/7/1894 Age 1 Eleanor Leslie M 29/2/1896 Age 17 Mary Ellen 10/10/1924 Age 77 I assume the last person, Mary Ellen, was a sister of George. Unfortunately I couldn’t find the family in the census records of Ancestry which would have verified al lot of these things So if you agree I suggest we move the “book” to its rightful place at P3. I was able to lift it but it really needs 2 people to carry it Regards Doug
Others named on memorial
George AUSTIN
Mary AUSTIN
Louise V Austin

Newspaper Cuttings

The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.

death - George Frederick (Dick) Austin

Source:	nwn
Article date:	25/10/1917
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury Weekly News, 25 Oct 1917, p8 – Local War Notes It is reported that Second-Lieutenant George Frederick (Dick) Austin, Royal Berks, of Newbury, was killed in action on October 11. His many Newbury friends have been greatly grieved by the sad news.
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deaths - G F Austin

Source:	NWN
Article date:	01/11/1917
Copyright:
Transciption:	Newbury Weekly News, 1 Nov 1917, p8 – Local War Notes 2nd Lieut G F (Dick) Austin, who was killed in action, October 11th, was the only son of the late Mr George Austin and Mrs Mary Austin, Wroughton, Porchester-road, Newbury, and grandson of the late Mr Mathew Austin, Northbourne Farm, Broad Hinton, Wilts. On the outbreak of war he at once went to France in the Signal Section of the Royal Engineers going out on the same boat as General French, and taking part in the retreat from Mons. He served continuously in France until July 1916, when he was in hospital with injury to his eyes. He remained in England until November, when he was made Sergt, and returned to France, taking over a draft. In January, 1917, he was sent home to take a commission, and joined the Officers Cadet Battalion at Crookham, near Aldershot. Passing his examination, he was gazetted May 30th to the Royal Berks, going back to France on July 14th. Following is an extract from a fellow officer's letter:- “Your son had only recently taken over the duties of Signalling Officer, and showed very great promise in his work. He was greatly respected and beloved by all his fellow officers and men, and is now greatly missed by us all. We all have one consolation of knowing that he died a gallant and noble death for a most excellent cause.”
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