ARMSTRONG, Donald Goldsmith
| Service Number: | 2932 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 June 1915, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Second Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Kyneton, Victoria, Australia, 29 June 1893 |
| Home Town: | Kyneton, Macedon Ranges, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Kyneton Grammar School & Scotch College, Melbourne, |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Killed In Action, Belgium, 9 October 1917, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) II A 10 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book, Kyneton Honour Roll, Kyneton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2932, 5th Infantry Battalion, Melbourne, Victoria | |
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| 10 Sep 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2932, 5th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' |
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| 10 Sep 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2932, 5th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Melbourne | |
| 9 Oct 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, Battle of Poelcapelle, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 21st Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Second Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-10-09 |
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Son of Henry James Goldsmith Armstrong and Emma Isabel Armstrong, of "Wyrlong," Ranfurlie Crescent, East Malvern, Victoria, Australia.
"INVICTUS MANEO"
Enlisted May 1915 and embarked with the 9th Reinforcements, 5th Battalion on 10 September. He landed in France in April 1916 and was transferred to the Machine Gun Section in the following month.
In August he was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal and transferred to the 21st Battalion in February 1917. In April of that year he attended an Officer's Training School at Cambridge, and received his commisttion on 2nd August 1917. Two months later he was killed in action at Broodseinde on 9th October 1917
"...Second Lieutenant Donald Goldsmith Armstrong, 21st Battalion of Kyneton, Victoria. A bank clerk prior to enlistment, he embarked from Melbourne aboard HMAT Star of Victoria (A16) on 10 September 1915, as a Private with the service number 2932. Promoted to Second Lieutenant, he was killed in action on 9 October 1917 at Broonseinde, Belgium, aged 24. He is buried in Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Belgium." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
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