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David Norrie Austen [5] continued.
Demobilized, unable to return to Oxford (no vacancy) so went instead to Reading University. B.A. 1952.
David Norrie Austen
Francis Herbert Austen. [4]
Born September 17th 1893.
Educated at Stubbington House, Osborne Royal Naval College and Dartmouth Royal Naval College.
Midshipman, H.M.S. 'Zealandia', January 15th 1911.
Sub-Lieutenant, January 30th 1914.
Lieutenant, H.M.S 'Royalist', July 15th 1915.
Lieutenant, H.M.S. 'Neptune', May 3rd 1916.
Lieutenant, H.M.S. 'Jackal', November 20th 1918.
Lieutenant-Commander, July 15th 1923.
Lt-Com., H.M.S. 'Wallace', October 31st 1933.
Lt-Com., H.M.S. 'Victory', December 8th 1933.
Retired, October 5th 1936, with the rank of Commander.
Appointed, under the Home Office, as Commandant of the Civil Defence Training College, Easingwold, Yorkshire which appointment he still holds (1953)
Nominated Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. (O.B.E.)
Married in 1919, Gertrude Alleyne, daughter of Paymaster Admiral Boyer, of Saltash, Cornwall.
He has no issue.
Francis Herbert Austen
Arthur Neville Austen. [4]
Born January 1st 1896.
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