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Six: Staff Sergeant Major A. Austen, Royal Army Pay Corps
Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, second clasp loose on riband (6337833 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.) surname partially officially corrected (from ‘Austin’?); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (6337833 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (6337833 W.O. Cl. 2. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £260-£300
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Arthur Austen was born in Erith, Kent, on 8 February 1904 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment on 24 February 1922. He transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps on 20 November 1923, and was promoted Corporal on 21 November 1924; Sergeant on 14 November 1940; Staff Sergeant on 2 July 1941; Warrant Officer Class II on 8 August 1943; and War Substantive Warrant Officer Class I on 6 November 1943. Posted to the Middle East on 11 February 1946, he saw active service in post-War Palestine, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 88 of 1950. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal on 28 March 1957, and was discharged on 31 October 1962. He died at Westgate on Sea on 27 January 1993.
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Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, second clasp loose on riband (6337833 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.) surname partially officially corrected (from ‘Austin’?); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (6337833 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (6337833 W.O. Cl. 2. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £260-£300
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Arthur Austen was born in Erith, Kent, on 8 February 1904 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment on 24 February 1922. He transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps on 20 November 1923, and was promoted Corporal on 21 November 1924; Sergeant on 14 November 1940; Staff Sergeant on 2 July 1941; Warrant Officer Class II on 8 August 1943; and War Substantive Warrant Officer Class I on 6 November 1943. Posted to the Middle East on 11 February 1946, he saw active service in post-War Palestine, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 88 of 1950. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal on 28 March 1957, and was discharged on 31 October 1962. He died at Westgate on Sea on 27 January 1993.
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Six: Staff Sergeant Major A. Austen, Royal Army Pay Corps
Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, second clasp loose on riband (6337833 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.) surname partially officially corrected (from ‘Austin’?); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (6337833 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (6337833 W.O. Cl. 2. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £260-£300
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Arthur Austen was born in Erith, Kent, on 8 February 1904 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment on 24 February 1922. He transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps on 20 November 1923, and was promoted Corporal on 21 November 1924; Sergeant on 14 November 1940; Staff Sergeant on 2 July 1941; Warrant Officer Class II on 8 August 1943; and War Substantive Warrant Officer Class I on 6 November 1943. Posted to the Middle East on 11 February 1946, he saw active service in post-War Palestine, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 88 of 1950. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal on 28 March 1957, and was discharged on 31 October 1962. He died at Westgate on Sea on 27 January 1993.
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Africa Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Palestine 1945-48, Malaya, second clasp loose on riband (6337833 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.) surname partially officially corrected (from ‘Austin’?); Army L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 2nd issue, Regular Army (6337833 W.O. Cl. 1. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (6337833 W.O. Cl. 2. A. Austen. R.A.P.C.) mounted as worn, good very fine (6) £260-£300
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Arthur Austen was born in Erith, Kent, on 8 February 1904 and attested for the Royal West Kent Regiment on 24 February 1922. He transferred to the Royal Army Pay Corps on 20 November 1923, and was promoted Corporal on 21 November 1924; Sergeant on 14 November 1940; Staff Sergeant on 2 July 1941; Warrant Officer Class II on 8 August 1943; and War Substantive Warrant Officer Class I on 6 November 1943. Posted to the Middle East on 11 February 1946, he saw active service in post-War Palestine, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 88 of 1950. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal on 28 March 1957, and was discharged on 31 October 1962. He died at Westgate on Sea on 27 January 1993.
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