ARMSTRONG, Eric Ewan
| Service Number: | 2379 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 March 1916, Cloncurry, Queensland |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Mount Perry, Queensland, 12 November 1889 |
| Home Town: | South Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Stockman |
| Died: | Natural causes, Brisbane, Queensland, 9 August 1949, aged 59 years |
| Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 31 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2379, Cloncurry, Queensland | |
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| 19 Sep 1916: | Involvement Private, 2379, 47th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Sep 1916: | Embarked Private, 2379, 47th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Brisbane | |
| 8 Oct 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2379, 47th Infantry Battalion, Medically discharged |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Paul Trevor
'A young man named Eric Armstrong volunteered yesterday and presented himself for medical examination, but owing to his inability to comply with the chest qualification, he had to be rejected. Armstrong is very disappointed at his failure, for he had come all the way from Boulia to Charters Towers, a distance of about 600 miles, to offer his serrows. "I am very sorry," he said, "but I am going to have another try." Such is the spirit of Queensland's manhood.' from The Northern Miner 11 Jan 1916 (nla.gov.au)
'FUNERAL NOTICES.
ARMSTRONG.— Relatives and Friends of Eric Ewen Armstrong, of "Kingshome," Taringa, late 47th Batt., 1st A.I.F., are invited to attend his Funeral, to leave the Funeral Chapel, 17 Peel Street, South Brisbane, This (Thursday) Afternoon. at 4.30 o'clock, for the Mt. Thompson Crematorium. Service at 4.15.
ARMSTRONG.— 47th Battalion A.I.F. Reunion Committee. Officers and Members of the above Association are invited to attend the Funeral of their late Member, Eric Armstrong, of Kingshome, Taringa, to leave the Funeral Chapel, 17 Peel Street, South Brisbane, as above notice. W. Graham, Secretary.' from The Courier-Mail 11 Aug 1949 (nla.gov.au)