ARMSTRONG, Cecil Roy
| Service Number: | 1129 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 February 1915, Place of enlistment - Sydney NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Bombala NSW, 2 May 1896 |
| Home Town: | Bombala, Bombala, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | 26 November 1964, aged 68 years, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Bombala Roll of Honour, Bombala War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1129, 17th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Sydney NSW | |
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| 12 May 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1129, 17th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT Themistocles (A32) from Sydney on 12th May 1915 from Sydney | |
| 28 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 5th Machine Gun Company, Transferred to 5th Machine Gun Company from 17th Infantry Battalion | |
| 15 Apr 1917: | Imprisoned Bullecourt (First), Refer to page 28 of Cecil Roy Armstrong's Service Record for the account of his internment as a POW | |
| 6 Jun 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1129, 5th Machine Gun Company, Returned to Australia on the SS Ypiranga on 6th June 1919 | |
| 7 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1129, 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by David Sinclair
Son of William and Sophia. (born Whittaker)
Siblings George William Clarence, Florence M, Ronald Hamilton.
It was on the 15th of April 1917 whilst with the 5th Machine Gun Company between Bullecourt and Lagnicourt that Cecil was with his section preparing to attack. The Germans attacked first and were held off from 4.00 am until 9.00 am. The Australians took heavy casualties, were outnumbered and surrounded. From the two companies of infantry and four machine guns there were only about thirty of them left when they surrendered.
Cecil escaped shortly before the war ended.
Brother who served
George William Clarence Armstrong
Private 5328. 9th Infantry Battalion
Sources. AWM. VWM. NAA
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