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Military service
Service number:
M/1003
Age:
28
Rank:
Sergeant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
2 Anti-Tank Regt.
Birth:
September 23, 1916
Calgary, Alberta
Enlistment:
September 3, 1939
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
October 12, 1944
In the field, Belgium
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. L. 17.
Additional information
Son of Robert Errington Austin of Calgary, Alberta. Husband of Dorothy Mae Austin of Red Deer, Alberta.
Digital gallery of Sergeant Robert Earl Austin
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Grave Marker
Grave marker … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery Entrance
Entrance … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cross of Sacrifice
Cross of Sacrifice located in Plots 4 and 4A … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
View of Plot 3 … Schoonselhof Cemetery … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted of the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Photo of ROBERT EARL AUSTIN
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Grave marker
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Circumstances of death
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Letter
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Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Earl Austin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Earl Austin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Earl Austin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Earl Austin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Earl Austin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Earl Austin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Earl Austin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Earl Austin
Digital gallery of
Sergeant Robert Earl Austin
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 240 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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