Married Easter Sunday, 17 April 1927 to Martha Millicent Speicher Austin, daughter of Alvin Theodore "Red" Speicher & his 1st wife Esther Etta Helm Speicher
Daughter & 2 Sons
Frank spent his early childhood in Idaville, IN.
He graduated abt 1904 from the 8th grade at Bash Hill School in Cleveland Twp, Whitley Co,IN & that was the end of his childhood.
He was forced to drop out of school in order help support the family on the farm
Mexican Border Conflict, National Guard
Mexican Border Conflict (1910 - 1919) aka Border War aka Border Campaign
WW I Veteran, US Army,
11 March 1918 - 9 May 1919
Mustard gassed
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postcards
1st IN Inf standing retreat at Santa Maria
2nd Sec Battery C First MIANFA - (handwritten) 3 inch gun at full recoil taken at El Paso, Texas on 4 August 1915, notice smoke in front
5 June 1917 registered for WW I w/prev experience as Private, IN National Guard
picture
18 March 1818 of Hospital Battalion #14, Camp Greenleaf, Ft Oglethorpe, GA
notebook
17 April 1818 left Camp Oglethorpe
31 May 1818 left Camp Green
5 July 1818 left Allentown
postcard
USS Leviathan - Largest Ship in the World
(handwritten) This is the ship I went over in
postcard
USS Princess Martioka
(handwritten) This is the tug I came home on
notebook
Left St Majam (pos this is Saint-Malo or Saint-Jean-de-Luz) on 6 April 1919
Landed Newport News on 2 May 1919
US Army
11 March 1918 to 9 May 1919, Honorable Discharge, Private
Married Easter Sunday, 17 April 1927 to Martha Millicent Speicher Austin, daughter of Alvin Theodore "Red" Speicher & his 1st wife Esther Etta Helm Speicher
Daughter & 2 Sons
Frank spent his early childhood in Idaville, IN.
He graduated abt 1904 from the 8th grade at Bash Hill School in Cleveland Twp, Whitley Co,IN & that was the end of his childhood.
He was forced to drop out of school in order help support the family on the farm
Mexican Border Conflict, National Guard
Mexican Border Conflict (1910 - 1919) aka Border War aka Border Campaign
WW I Veteran, US Army,
11 March 1918 - 9 May 1919
Mustard gassed
************
postcards
1st IN Inf standing retreat at Santa Maria
2nd Sec Battery C First MIANFA - (handwritten) 3 inch gun at full recoil taken at El Paso, Texas on 4 August 1915, notice smoke in front
5 June 1917 registered for WW I w/prev experience as Private, IN National Guard
picture
18 March 1818 of Hospital Battalion #14, Camp Greenleaf, Ft Oglethorpe, GA
notebook
17 April 1818 left Camp Oglethorpe
31 May 1818 left Camp Green
5 July 1818 left Allentown
postcard
USS Leviathan - Largest Ship in the World
(handwritten) This is the ship I went over in
postcard
USS Princess Martioka
(handwritten) This is the tug I came home on
notebook
Left St Majam (pos this is Saint-Malo or Saint-Jean-de-Luz) on 6 April 1919
Landed Newport News on 2 May 1919
US Army
11 March 1918 to 9 May 1919, Honorable Discharge, Private
Inscription
IN Pvt US Army - World War I
Gravesite Details
2 memorial stone--1 w/wife & 1 military
Family Members
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Lottie Belle Austin Hathaway
1890–1978
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Edna Alice Austin Warner
1895–1974
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Charles Frederick Austin
1897–1926
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Arthur Ancil Austin
1899–1989
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Maude Anna Austin Leininger
1901–2000
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Russell William Austin
1903–1978
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Orrin Paul Austin
1906–1926
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Cecil Marion Austin
1908–1984
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Mildred Glenis Austin Wright
1910–1937
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