Regimental number | 671 |
Place of birth | Camboon Queensland |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Merchandise clerk |
Address | Stanley Street, North Ward, Townsville, Queensland |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Johanna Agnes Armit, Stanley Street, North Ward, Townsville, Queensland |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | Machine Gun Company 7, Reinforcement 12 |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 24/12/4 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row F, Grave No. 7), France |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 175 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Richard and Johanna ARMIT, Stanley Street, Townsville, Queensland |
Family/military connections | Brothers: 62 Pte Richard John Edward ARMIT, 5th Light Horse Regiment Machine Gun Section, returned to Australia, 7 January 1919; 3047 Pte Harold Philip ARMIT, 5th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 12 July 1919; 494 Pte Ernest Francis ARMIT, DCM, MC, 26th Bn, effective abroad (still overseas). |