Arthur Gordon ARMSTRONG

ARMSTRONG, Arthur Gordon

    Service Number: 2105
    Enlisted: 9 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Windsor, Victoria, Australia, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Windsor, Stonnington, Victoria
    Schooling: Prahran State School, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Builders labourer
    Died: Killed in Action, France, 29 July 1916, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
    No known grave, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Melbourne & Metropolitan Board of Works Employees Ass. Pictorial HR, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)
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    World War 1 Service

    9 Jul 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    27 Sep 1915: Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2105, 24th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
    27 Sep 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2105, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne

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    Biography

    24 Battalion

    Rank - Private

    10 January 1916 - Taken on strength at Tel el Kebir

    20 March 1916 - Proceeded overseas to join B.E.F from Alexandria

    26 March 1916 - Disembarked at Marseilles

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

    Son of Henry Alfred Armstrong of Burke Road, Caulfield, Melbourne. Husband of Annie Louisa Armstrong(later known as Annie Louisa Conway of Horsham, Victoria)

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