Gerald ARMSTRONG

ARMSTRONG, Gerald

Service Numbers: QX6452, Q185334, QX6452, Q185334
Enlisted: 11 July 1940
Last Rank: Major
Last Unit: 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
Born: Stockton-On-Tees, Durham, England, United Kingdom, 29 December 1903
Home Town: Ingham, Hinchinbrook, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Manager
Died: Brisbane, Qld, Australia, 21 August 1983, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Not yet discovered
Memorials: Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Queensland Garden of Remembrance (Pinnaroo), Qld
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World War 2 Service

11 Jul 1940: Involvement Major, Q185334, also QX6452
11 Jul 1940: Involvement Major, QX6452, also Q185334
11 Jul 1940: Enlisted Major, QX6452, Q185334, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Brisbane, Qld, Australia
11 Jul 1940: Enlisted
11 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, QX6452, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore, Reported, as per stated: P.O.W Prisoner of War, Date - 15/02/1942, to eventual surrender of Japanese Forces, Date - 15/08/1945; AWM WW2 - POW'S & Missing Persons, Service Record of Major: Gerald ARMSTRONG; SN'S QX6452, Q185334; also refer to Official 2/26 Battalion Website, WW2 War History - B&E Forces.
19 Nov 1945: Discharged Major, QX6452, Q185334, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Date & Posting at Discharge: 19/11/1945; Unit: 2nd/26th Australian Infantry Battalion; DVA Service Record of Major: Gerald ARMSTRONG; SN'S QX6452, Q185334.
19 Nov 1945: Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, QX6452, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion
19 Nov 1945: Discharged

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Biography contributed by Daniel Bishop

Son of Victor James ARMSTRONG & Olive (nee-GREENFIELD) ARMSTRONG.

Next of Kin - Wife: Catherine (nee-JOHNSTONE) ARMSTRONG.