ARMSTRONG, Victor Seymour
Service Number: | 675 |
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Enlisted: | 18 August 1914, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bloomsbury, London, England, 1889 |
Home Town: | Mosman, Municipality of Mosman, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Journalist |
Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Memorial Ref: 21., Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
18 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 675, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Sydney, NSW | |
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20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 675, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Euripides embarkation_ship_number: A14 public_note: '' | |
20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 675, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Euripides, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Next of kin given as his brother Eric M. Armstrong and Mrs Weir,'Tegumae', Cowles Road, Mosman, NSW. Brother of Allan Seymour Armstrong who returned to Australia on 8 October 1918 having served with the 7th Light Horse and 14th Field Artillery Brigade
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
The date of death is not certain; it could be between 06/08/1915 and 09/08/1915.
He was 27 and lived in Seaview Road , Leigh-on-Sea and later, Cromer Road, Southend.
In the United Kingdom, he is honoured on the war memorial now in Prittlewell Priory, Southend-on-Sea, Essex.