Horace Dudley ARMSTRONG

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ARMSTRONG, Horace Dudley

Service Number:	442320
Enlisted:	19 June 1943, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit:	No. 2 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 3 Air Observers School Port Pirie
Born:	Peterborough, South Australia, 23 January 1925
Home Town:	Port Augusta, Port Augusta, South Australia
Schooling:	Burra High School; Nuriootpa High School
Occupation:	Banking
Died:	Accidental, Kyancutta, South Australia, 20 April 1944, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	Port Pirie General Cemetery, South Australia Plot C, Row D, Grave 1
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Burra High School Avenue of Memory, City of Port Pirie WW2 Memorial Gates, Kyancutta RAAF Avro Anson MG216 Accident Site Memorial, Nuriootpa District High School Memorial, Port Augusta District WW2 Honour Board, Port Augusta RSL Hall Circular Honour Roll, Port Pirie RAAF Memorial and Flagpoles, Soldiers' Memorial Band Rotunda, Sydney Commonwealth Bank Adelaide WW2 Honour Board

World War 2 Service

19 Jun 1943:	Involvement 442320
19 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
19 Jun 1943:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 442320
20 Apr 1944:	Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, 442320, No. 2 Bombing and Air Gunnery School / No. 3 Air Observers School Port Pirie
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Paid the Supreme Sacrifice
LAC Armstrong Killed in Accident
Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Armstrong, of Nuriootpa, have been notified that
their son, LAC Horace Dudley Armstrong, met his death by accident
while serving at a South Australian RAAF training station. He was buried with full Air Force honors in the Port Pirie cemetery on April 25.
LAC Armstrong was born at Peterborough on January 23, 1925. He was employed at the head office of the Commonwealth Bank in Adelaide and was later transferred to the Port Augusta branch. He enlisted at Port Augusta in June, 1943, and had been training at New South Wales and South Australian stations.
He was a good all-round sports man, and while at the Burra High
School he held the cup for the best all-round athlete under 14. While in Port Augusta LAC Armstrong took a keen interest in tennis. He was a
member of the East-Park Club.

Biography

Plane was Anson M6-216. Accident occured at Kyancutta, South Australia

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