Other Information:Austen was educated at Bootham School, York, and at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the O.T.C. and graduated B.A. in 1913. On leaving college he went into his father’s business but joined the R.A.M.C. in September 1914. He went to Gallipoli in April 1915, and lost his life there from wounds received in action the previous day. He was the fifth son of Publisher Joseph Malaby and Alexandra Campbell (daughter of Thomas Burnett Main) Dent of Hill Lodge, Enfield, and later of 10-13 Bedford St, Covent Garden, London. He was also the brother to Pte Paxton Malaby Dent. [Portrait photograph kindly provided by Simon Coxall]
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