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ARMSTRONG, Lancelot Clinton
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | N43400, NX113250 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 July 1942, Port Morseby, New Guinea |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia, 20 November 1918 |
| Home Town: | Coolamon, Coolamon, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Commercial Traveller |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Balikpapan, Borneo, 1 July 1945, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
Labuan War Cemetery Burial reference: - Plot 8. Row A. Grave 12. Personal Inscription: - "HIS DUTY FEARLESSLY AND NOBLY DONE EVER REMEMBERED". |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Coolamon St. Andrew's Anglican Church Honour Roll, Coolamon St. Andrew's WW2 Honour Roll, Coolamon War Memorial, Moss Vale RSL War Memorial, Moss Vale War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Australian Army (Post WW2), N43400 | |
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| 12 Jul 1942: | Involvement Lieutenant, NX113250, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion | |
| 12 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Lieutenant, NX113250, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, Port Morseby, New Guinea | |
| 12 Jul 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, NX113250, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Jun 1946: | Honoured Mention in Dispatches, Details: "Exceptional service in field in S.W.P Area". |
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Other service number N43400
2/16 Battalion
Rank - Lt.
Son of Henry John and Annie Matilda Armstrong, of Coolamon, New South Wales, Australia; Husband of Marguerite Lillias Armstrong, of Wildes Meadow, New South Wales.
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