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Service Number:	50
Enlisted:	20 August 1914, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd Infantry Battalion
Born:	Marulan, New South Wales, Australia, 1889
Home Town:	Hornsby, Hornsby Shire, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Horse Driver
Died:	22 February 1940, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Rookwood Cemetery & Crematorium
Memorials:	Hornsby Roll of Honor

20 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 50, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Randwick, NSW
18 Oct 1914:	Involvement Private, 50, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: ''
18 Oct 1914:	Embarked Private, 50, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney
25 Apr 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 50, Date of wounding was between25-30 April 19915 Bullet wounds to the shoulder and neck
31 Mar 1916:	Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 50, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Discharged at the 2nd Military District as medically unfit due to wounds to the shoulder

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Also known as Roy Glynn-Armstrong or Roy Oscar Glynn Armstrong,

Son of T. and Ruby Glynn of Station House, Hornsby, NSW. Some documents refer to his parents as being George and Ceclia Armstrong

In 1922c Roy married Myra Beatrice McDonald in the Redfern district, NSW. Father of Nena Beverley Jackson nee Glynn-Armtrong

Commenced invalided return to Australia on 8 October 1915 on board HMT Suevic with gunshot wounds to the right shoulder

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

He had previously worked as a miner