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William Austin (Master mariner).

My great, great grandfather William Austin was a master mariner from New Road, Brixham, Devon who died off Rio De Janeiro, Brazil with Yellow fever on 23rd March 1879. He owned a fruit schooler named ‘Patriot’ and sailed to North Africa, the Azores, Mediterranean and the Caribbean. He also lost a large number of friends and family members to the sea due to storms and shipwrecks. The RNLI Lifeboat crew do superb work under very difficult conditions and I salute them for their courageous work.