Oliver John ARMSTRONG

ARMSTRONG, Oliver John

Service Number: VX29137
Enlisted: 27 June 1940
Last Rank: Lance Sergeant
Last Unit: 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born: Swan Reach, Victoria, Australia, 19 September 1908
Home Town: Delegate River, East Gippsland, Victoria
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Foreman
Died: Killed in Action, Malaya, 15 February 1942, aged 33 years
Cemetery: Kranji War Cemetery
Plot 1, Row D, Grave 12, Kranji War Cemetery, Kranji, Singapore
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Ringwood Country Roads Board WW2 Roll of Honour
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Lance Sergeant, VX29137
27 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, VX29137, 2nd/10th Field Company / Squadron RAE
27 Jun 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, VX29137

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

His older brother 2109 Sergeant Arthur William Armstrong, 24th Battalion AIF, died of wounds 29 July 1916, Pozieres, France.