Estelle Marjorie ARMSTRONG

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ARMSTRONG, Estelle Marjorie

Service Number:	Nurse
Enlisted:	9 July 1917
Last Rank:	Staff Nurse
Last Unit:	Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
Born:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 10 December 1892
Home Town:	Sandringham, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Nurse
Died:	Feilding, Manawatu District, Manawatū-Whanganui, New Zealand, 18 December 1973, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North, N.Z. Buried as Estelle Margery Armstrong Payton
Memorials:

World War 1 Service

9 Jul 1917:	Enlisted Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)
31 Aug 1917:	Involvement Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Wiltshire embarkation_ship_number: A18 public_note: ''
31 Aug 1917:	Embarked Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), HMAT Wiltshire, Sydney
5 Apr 1920:	Discharged Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1), Staff Nurse, Australian Army Nursing Service (WW1)

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Biography contributed by Timothy Hallam

Estelle Armstrong went to live in New Zealand and married Edwin Allen Payton as his second wife in 1936. Estelle died in 1973 and Edwin died in 1974.

Born on 10 Dec 1892 at Colac, Victoria, Estelle was the daughter of Charles Walter ARMSTRONG and Annie Louise (nee PHILLIPS) of Crane Street, Longreach, Qld.

Prior to enlistment she was a nurse at the St. Vincent's Hospital

Estelle embarked on 31 Aug 1917 from Sydney aboard the HMAT Wiltshire, and saw service in Egypt. She returned to Australia on 26 Dec 1919 aboard HMAT Marathon, and her appointment was terminated on 05 Apr 1920.

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