Austin, W (?William) f1892-f1904 England, ? - ?England, ?
military band member and staff member (Band-Sergeant), 1892 active as member of the King's Royal Rifle Corps of the British Army in Canada, 1899-1902 Band-Sergeant of the 3rd regiment of the King's Royal Rifle Corps in South Africa during the Second Boer War, 1904 still Band-Sergeant of the 3rd regiment of the King's Royal Rifle Corps under bandmaster J Slattery, in WWI a William Austin served as private in the Middlesex corps of the King's Royal Rifle Corps and a William Austin as private in the Manchester Rifles corps of the King's Royal Rifle Corps and a Wallace Edward Austin as private in the Thetford corps of the King's Royal Rifle Corps (probably none of them is identical with the composer Band-Sergeant W. Austin)

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[] My darlings. Polka for the piano dedication : To my darlings Edith and Ethel pub I. Suckling & Sons, Toronto 1892
[] A soldier's death. Song music W. Austin, attributed to Walter Austin words by H. Lloyd pub Francis, Day & Hunter, London 1896
[] Red Cross Gavotte. Piano respectfully dedicated to Lady S. C. Gifford pub Mackay Bros., Johannesburg, Pretoria and Durban 1903

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