
ARMSTRONG, Arthur Gordon
| Service Number: | 2105 |
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| 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 |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | |
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| 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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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)