Arthur William Austin

(1886-1918)

Electrotyping Room 19th Century

Photo Credit

SS President Grant

Gates of Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Picardie, France

Arthur William Austin

*No Plaque located

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.

*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.

Birth: 3/26/1886, Black River, Lorain, Ohio

Address: 9528 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH

Demographics: Caucasian; native-born citizen; occupation Electrotyper [process developed in 19th century using electrical current to deposit metal onto an object or cast for the purpose of forming metal parts that exactly reproduce a model]

Appearance: not known

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: draft date unknown; enlistment date 6/26/1918; Private

Service Number: 2363757

Deployment: 9/23/1918 from Hoboken, NJ aboard SS President Grant. During the voyage, 137 men died of the flu.

Action:

Death: October 13, 1918 [one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 32; cause of death Lobar Pneumonia, presumably soon after landing in France

Burial: buried locally after death at American Cemetery, St. Nazaire, Loire, France; 9/13/22 remains disinterred and reburied at Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial, Fere-en-Tardenois, Departement de l'Aisne, Picardie, France, Plot B Row 33 Grave 9 [no grave photo]

Next of Kin: George Fishel, friend, 9528 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: It appears that both of Private William Austin's parents were deceased before he enlisted in WWI. Father: William E. Austin; Mother: Susannah "Susie" Smith Austin (1849-1911), born England, emigrated about 1860, married William E. Austin 1882 [presumably had a previous marriage], listed as a widow in 1910 Census, buried West Park Cemetery, 3942 Ridge Rd., Cleveland, OH; Siblings: Cloyde William Hannah (1871-1937); Samuel John Hannah (1877-1942); Harry Elery Austin (1883-1950). Sibling list may be incomplete.