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Allister Charles Austin (1920 - 1944)
Allister Charles Austin was born on June 21, 1920 in St. John's, NL Canada. He was born to John Thomas Austin and Gertrude Austin, with siblings Bruce, Jean, Maxwell, Harold, and Edith. He married Lillian Austin and Allister died. Allister died in 1944 at Gold Beach, Bayeux, France at 23 years old.
Allister Charles Austin Biography
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Most Commonly Known Name
Allister Charles Austin
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First nameAllister
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Middle name
Charles
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Gender
Male
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Birth
Allister Austin was born on in St. John's, Division No. 1 County, NL Canada
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Death
Allister Austin died in at Gold Beach, in Bayeux, Normandy County, France
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Cause of death
RN frogman killed on Gold Beach DDay
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Burial / Funeral
Bayeux War Cemetery Xi. D. 1., in France
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Obituary
Unknown.
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Ethnicity & Lineage
British
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Nationality & Locations Lived
Britian Nfld
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Religion
United church
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Last Known Residence
Unknown.
Did Allister move a lot?
Where was his last known location?
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Education
Parade Street School
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Professions
Clerk - Retail Store
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Personal Life & Organizations
Church Lads Brigade
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Military Service
Service number: p/jx188870
Rank: Leading Seaman Regiment: Royal Navy Unit/ship/squadron: No.3 L.c.o.c.u. |
Average Age
Allister Charles Austin lived
47 years shorter than
the average Austin family member
when he died at the age of 23.
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We were told he was shot. Does anyone have more details.
He had blue eyes. Very well liked. He was a frogman with the Royal Navy Commandos killed on Gold Beach on D-Day
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Allister Charles Austin died in 1944 at Gold Beach, Bayeux, France at 23 years of age. He was buried in Bayeux War Cemetery Xi. D. 1., France. He was born on June 21, 1920 in St. John's, NL Canada. He was born to John Thomas Austin and Gertrude Austin, with siblings Bruce, Jean, Maxwell, Harold, and Edith. Allister married Lillian Austin and Allister died.
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1920 - 1944 World Events
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In 1920, in the year that Allister Charles Austin was born, in September, a bomb exploded in the J.P. Morgan bank building in New York City, killing 30 people immediately - 8 later died due to their injuries - and injuring another 200. Killing more people than the 1910 bombing of the LA Times (the deadliest terrorist act up until then), no one took responsibility and the perpetrators were never found. Italian anarchists were suspected of the bombing.
In 1930, Allister was merely 10 years old when as head of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, William Hays established a code of decency that outlined what was acceptable in films. The public - and government - had felt that films in the '20's had become increasingly risque and that the behavior of its stars was becoming scandalous. Laws were being passed. In response, the heads of the movie studios adopted a voluntary "code", hoping to head off legislation. The first part of the code prohibited "lowering the moral standards of those who see it", called for depictions of the "correct standards of life", and forbade a picture from showing any sort of ridicule towards a law or "creating sympathy for its violation". The second part dealt with particular behavior in film such as homosexuality, the use of specific curse words, and miscegenation.
In 1934, at the age of just 14 years old, Allister was alive when on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.
In 1944, in the year of Allister Charles Austin's passing, on June 22nd, the Servicemen's Readjustment Act of 1944, called the G.I. Bill, was signed into law, pushed through by the veteran's organizations. Benefits provided for veterans to return to school (high school, vocational school, or college), obtain low interest home mortgages and low interest business loans, and (if needed) one year of unemployment insurance. Since most returning vets immediately found work, less than 20% of the unemployment benefits were distributed.
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