★★★ Memorial Monday ★★★
CAPT Austin Davis, USMC, USNA 1892, was killed in action in the Boxer Rebellion in Tientsin, China (near Beijing) on July 13, 1900. His commanding officer reported: "I regret to report the death of Capt. A.R. Davis, who was killed at my side in the advanced trench. He was killed almost instantly. I had his body brought in with the wounded, and he is buried here in Tientsin, his grave being marked. This was all I could do."
Appointed a Naval Cadet in 1888, he was appointed a 2nd Lieutenant on July 1, 1894, promoted to 1st Lieutenant June 2, 1898, and to Captain on March 3, 1899. Austin was one of only 38 Captains in the entire Marine Corps at the time of his death.
Though the Lucky Bag was not published until a few years after his graduation, Nimitz Library at the Naval Academy has several photos of him as a Cadet. The Head of Special Collections graciously scanned them for Virtual Memorial Hall.
Austin was a native of the Atlanta, Georgia area and was survived by his parents and four siblings.
To Honor! ⚓
https://usnamemorialhall.org/index.php/AUSTIN_R._DAVIS,_CAPT,_USMC