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ARMSTRONG, Edward Bernard

Service Number:	2133
Enlisted:	30 March 1916, Enlisted Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	44th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Blackwood, Western Australia, 1888
Home Town:	Busselton, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Margaret River District Hospital, Western Australia, 28 March 1954, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Margaret River Cemetery Catholic Section
Memorials:	Busselton Cenotaph Victoria Square, Busselton Rotary Park of Remembrance Memorial Walk

World War 1 Service

30 Mar 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Enlisted Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
9 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 2133, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: ''
9 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 2133, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), HMAT Miltiades, Fremantle
27 Oct 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 44th Infantry Battalion
27 Oct 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 44th Infantry Battalion, Transferred in England prior to going to France
12 Jan 1917:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 44th Infantry Battalion, embarked for France from Folkestone, UK per Princess Clementine
4 Oct 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 44th Infantry Battalion, GSW, Fractured R/leg, Tibia & Fibula. Evactuated to England 17 October 1917 per "Panama"
10 Mar 1918:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 44th Infantry Battalion, Embarked from England for Australia per "Durham Castle"
20 May 1918:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2133, 44th Infantry Battalion, Discharged Perth, Medically unfit

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Biography contributed by Joy Dalgleish

Son of Douglas Adam & Elizabeth Mary (nee Higgins) Armstrong of Newtown via Busselton