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Leonard ARMSTRONG

Regimental number2778
Place of birthFitzroy, Victoria
SchoolGold Street State School, Clifton Hill, Victoria
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLeather worker
Address66 Condell Street, Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7.5"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Clarice Armstrong, 81 Westgarth Street, Northcote, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the 6th Bn, Citizen Military Forces.
Enlistment date5 July 1915
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll59th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsV.C. Corner Australian Cemetery Memorial, Fromelles, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
166
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Admitted, ex-Alexandria, to ANZAC Advanced Base, Mudros, 4 December 1915; discharged to join unit, 6 December 1915; joined 7th Bn, Anzac, 7 December 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 7 January 1916 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to 59th Bn, 24 February 1916; taken on strength of 59th Bn, Tel el Kebir, 24 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 18 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 29 June 1916.

Posted missing, 19 July 1916.

Court of Enquiry, held in the field, 29 August 1917, pronounced fate as 'Killed in Action, 19 July 1916'.

Note, Red Cross File No 130606 (almost illegible): 'No trace Germany. Cert. by Capt. Mills 10.10.19.'

Statement, 3714 Pte W.O. CORIN, 59th Bn: 'I saw Casualty's dead body about half an hour after the charge at Fleurbaix on the 19th July, 1916. I had a good look at the body. There was no mark on the face: he must have been killed by body wounds. The body was lying out in No Man's Land.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNAA: B2455, ARMSTRONG Leonard
Red Cross file 130606

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