Emmet Francis Austin

Private AUSTIN, EMMET FRANCIS

While the battalion was preparing for the crossing of the Moro River, Private Austin of Baker Company was killed in his slit by German artillery shelling. The Moro River, south of Ortona, Italy,  was the first step in the goal to capture the town.

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Unit(s)
48th First Bn (WW 2)
Service number
B112745
Fate
Killed in action
Date of death
07-Dec-1943
Cemetery or memorial name
MORO RIVER CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Grave or panel reference
X. F. 5.
Cemetery or memorial country
Italy
Where killed or wounded
Moro River crossing
Cause of death
Killed in action
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