Austin Henry Sextus

  General Notes:

Austin, who had been born on 26th December 1911 was christenened under the surname Sixtus which was the original German family name but because of harassment during the First World War his father changed the name to Sextus. In 1938 they were living at Vinegar Hill, Hunterville, where Austin was a labourer. During the Second World War Austin managed a farm for the Weston family at Hunterville while the owners were away in the forces. Austin joined the Home Horse Guard. In 1957 the Sextus family moved to their own farm at Manakau, south of Levin.

Austin married Agnes Rose Dimes, daughter of Charles Andrew Dimes and Lizzie Small, on 9 May 1935. (Agnes Rose Dimes was born on 3 Oct 1905 in Wanganui, New Zealand and died in 1982.)