ARMSTRONG, John William
| Service Number: | 3168 |
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| Enlisted: | 21 July 1915, Attached to Colonial Forces, Sth Africa |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Lambton, New South Wales, Australia , May 1886 |
| Home Town: | Lithgow, Lithgow, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Lithgow, New South Wales, Australia, 14 June 1928, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 23 SW. 43. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3168, 14th Infantry Battalion, Attached to Colonial Forces, Sth Africa | |
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| 16 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3168, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3168, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 16 Aug 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3168, 14th Infantry Battalion, 3rd MD, medically unfit due to Pozieres |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
95 years ago today, on the Sunday afternoon of the 17th June 1928, Private John William Armstrong, 14th Battalion (Reg No-3168), engineer from Lithgow, New South Wales, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 41. METHODIST 2 (PRIMITIVE) 23 SW. 43. Not married.
John had died on the 14th June 1928 at the Randwick Military Hospital, N.S.W.
Born at Lambton, New South Wales on the ? ? 1886 to Thomas H and Christina Armstrong, John enlisted on the 21st July 1915 at Seymour, Victoria.
Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A17 Port Lincoln on the 16th October 1915.
Wounded in action - 9.8.1916 (GSW and shell shock).
Admitted to hospital 22.2.1916 (not stated), 15.2.1917 (haemoptysis - coughing up of blood or blood-stained mucus from the bronchi, larynx, trachea, or lungs).
John was invalided home on the 2nd July 1917, being discharged permanently unfit (haemoptysis) on the 16th August 1917.
Nothing located on Trove regarding enlistment, wounding's, returning home, etc.
Mr. Armstrong’s name has been inscribed on The Capt. Clarence Smith Jeffries (V.C.) and Pte. William Matthew Currey (V.C.) Memorial Wall. Name not located inscribed on any other known War Memorial or Roll of Honour.
I have placed poppies on John’s brown granite headstone in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Officially commemorated – https://connect.dva.gov.au/.../viewCommemoration.html...
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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