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Colville Fredrick ARMSTRONG

Regimental number3683
Date of birth21 June 1897
Place of birthYass, New South Wales
SchoolChristian Brothers (Catholic), Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationAssistant mechanic
AddressCollins Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, C Beckett Armstrong, Collins Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
Previous military serviceFour years of Military Service in 44 B area.
Enlistment date7 August 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 12th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A7 Medic on 30 December 1915
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Machine Gun Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied of influenza, Maubergh, France (47th Casualty Clearing Station)
FateDied of disease 19 December 1918
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death21.6
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialMaubeuge-Centre Cemetery (Row B, Grave No. 37), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Colbille and Mena ARMSTRONG, Colins Street, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales. Commemorated in Wagga Wagga Monumental Cemetery, New South Wales.~
Family/military connectionsTwo cousins, one died of wounds, the other was killed.

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