Claim: Charles Ausburne was born in New Orleans in 1889, died in 1917, and served on the United States Navy ship, Antilles, during his service.
Evidence: Charles Lawrence Ausburne (July 26, 1889, New Orleans, Louisiana – October 17, 1917) enlisted in the United States Navy February 25, 1908. As an Electrician First Class, Ausburne manned the emergency wireless station in the Army transport Antilles, and following the ship's fatal torpedoing October 17, 1917 by U-105, stood to his duty until the ship sank beneath him. SS Antilles was an American passenger-cargo ship launched in 1906. United States Navy