Alexander Boswell ARMSTRONG

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ARMSTRONG, Alexander Boswell

Service Number:	5649
Enlisted:	19 January 1916, Liverpool, New South Wales
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	4th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Balmain, Sydney, New South Wales, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	North Sydney, North Sydney, New South Wales
Schooling:	Greenwich Public School, New South Wales
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed in Action, Lagnicourt, France, 15 April 1917, 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, Lance Cove Longueville Public School WW1 Honour Roll, Lane Cove Great War Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

19 Jan 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales
3 Jun 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5649, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
3 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5649, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Sydney

Biography

4 Battalion

Rank - Private

Group came under fire by a German party resulting in Alexander taking a bullet in the head. He was origianally thought to have been taken as Prisoner of War but this was later proved incorrect

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

Son of Alex Boswell Armstrong and Mary Sophia Armstrong, of 189, Lane Cove Rd., North Sydney. Step-brother 5650 Arthur Rex Armstrong, 4th Bn, died of disease, 2 July 1916 and was buried at sea near Durban, South Africa. Brother of Kathleen Armstrong

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