Clarence E. Aust

Death: July 6, 1918 at age 24 at Camp Hospital No. 28, Nevers, France; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia

Burial: buried locally after death in the French Municipal Cemetery, Nevers, France; 10/28/1920 remains disinterred and prepared for return to U.S. arriving St. Nazaire, France 11/2/1920; 11/22/1920 remains shipped from St. Nazaire to Hoboken, NJ aboard SS Wheaton arriving Hoboken 12/15/1920; 12/29/1920 remains shipped from Hoboken to Cleveland, OH arriving Cleveland 12/30/1920 to the care of Saxton & Son Undertaker, 13205 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH; final burial 1/8/1921 at Riverside Cemetery, 3607 Pearl Rd., Cleveland, OH, Section 3 Lot 134 Grave 1 alongside parents and several family members buried later

Next of Kin: Mrs. E. R. Aust, mother, 1457 W. 52nd St., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father and son passed away on the same day: July 10.

Father: Edward R. Aust (1854-1933), born Ohio, occupations included Musician, Plasterer and Paper Hanger, first wife was Cora Aust with whom he had daughter Lula, married second wife Lena Belle Emerich Aust 1887, died on 6/10/1933 the same month and day as his son PFC Clarence E. Aust, buried Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside several family members; Mother: Lena Belle Emerich Aust (1859-1952), born New Jersey, the oldest of 10 children, buried Riverside Cemetery, Cleveland, OH alongside husband and several family members; Siblings: Lula M. Aust Bitner Betz (1879-1950); Freda J. Aust Stoffel (1890-1924)

The following information was submitted by a volunteer contributor: 

Private First Class Clarence E. Aust, of 1457 W. 52nd Street Died of Lobar Pneumonia July 6, 1918. He enlisted in the Reserve Corps Cleveland, Ohio, May 23, 1917. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, he was 22 years old at the time of his death. PFC Aust served with 6th Regiment Engineers of the Enlisted Reserve Corps May 25, 1917; Company D 16th Engineers to July 6, 1918. He was with the American Expeditionary Forces from August 1, 1917 until his death. His mother, Mrs. E. R. Aust, of 1457 W 52nd Street, was notified of his death The son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Aust, he died at Camp Hospital No. 28, Nevers, France and is interred at Riverside Cemetery.

Sources: 

The Official Roster of Ohio Soldiers, Sailors and Marines World War 1917-18, Vol 1, Pg 504

History of Ohio Vol I, Galbreath, Charles, The American Historical Society, pg 674

Soldiers of The Great War Vol 2, pg 47 The Greater Cleveland Veterans Memorial,  https://www.clevelandvetsmemorial.org/search/GCVM_Honor_Roll_Profile.asp?ID=4697

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