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Charles Robert ARMSTRONG

Regimental number1867
Place of birthLondon, England
SchoolEngland
Age on arrival in Australia30
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
AddressSummer Hill, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Next of kinWife, Mrs Florence Amy Armstrong, 42 Lackey Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed with British forces in Boer War.
Enlistment date21 February 1916
Place of enlistmentBathurst, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name45th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/62/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A69 Warilda on 22 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll45th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 23 February 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death35
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialBancourt British Cemetery (Plot VII, Row C, Grave No. 12), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
139
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Emily ARMSTRONG; husband of F. ARMSTRONG, 46 Lackey Street, Summer Hill, New South Wales. Native of England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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