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ARMSTRONG, Thomas Acheson
Lieutenant
33rd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Mirani Lieutenant Thomas Armstrong Memorial Tablet
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| Location | Pioneer Valley Uniting Church, Victoria & Louise Streets, Mirani, Mackay - Queensland, Australia |
| Type | plaque |
| Description | The tablet is black marble with white marble scroll In 1999 the original wooden St Stephens Church was sold and the new Pioneer Valley Uniting Church was constructed. The memorial tablet has been inlayed in the wall of the new church. On Sunday next, at the Marian Presbyterian Church a tablet is to be unveiled to the memory of Lieut. Armstrong, the only son of Mr. & Mrs. R. Armstrong, of Boldon. The ceremony will be performed at 3 o`clock by Major Stuart Kay. The tablet is black marble with white marble scrole (sic) containing the following inscription :— " In loving memory of Lieutenant Thomas Armstrong, 33rd Batt., A.I.F. who was killed in action near Passchendaele, Flanders on 21st October, 1917 aged 26 years. 'Greater love hath no man than this.' " Above the inscription the battalion crest is carved in white marble.
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| Built | Not yet discovered |
| Opened | 15 September 1918 by Major Stuart Kay |
| Inscription | XXXIII
In loving memory of Lieut. Thomas A. Armstrong 33rd Battalion AIF Who was killed in action near Passchendaele, Flanders, on 12th October 1917, Aged 26 years. "Greater love hath no man than this." |
| Condition | Good |
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