Francis Murray Austin
WWI and WWII British naval officer
About Francis Murray Austin
Lived 1881 – 1953 (aged 71–72).
Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Murray Austin, KBE, CB (10 September 1881 – 19 June 1953) was a Royal Navy officer who served in both world wars.
Biography Austin entered the Britannia in 1895 as a naval cadet and went to sea in HMS Repulse in 1897 as midshipman, participating in that year's Diamond Jubilee naval review at Spithead. He became sub-lieutenant in 1900 and was promoted to lieutenant in 1902, having obtained four first-class certificates.
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WWI and WWII British naval officer
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Francis Murray Austin was born in 1881.
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Francis Murray Austin died in 1953.
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