ARMSTRONG, William Crouch
Service Number: | 6285 |
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Enlisted: | 30 September 1916 |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Charleville, Qld., 1896 |
Home Town: | Cheepie, Quilpie, Queensland |
Schooling: | Southport School |
Occupation: | Selector |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 4 October 1917 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Charleville All Saints Church Honour Roll, Charleville War Memorial, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
30 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6285, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 6285, 26th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 6285, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John and Phoebe Armstrong
WILLIAM CROUCH ARMSTRONG.
CHARLEVILLE, Wednesday.
Official news that William Crouch Armstrong, years, was killed in action in France. Deceased was the third son of Mr. and Mrs. John Armstrong (Raceview, Charleville), the oldest grazier and butcher in the west. The young man was especially popular with those who knew him. He was for three years in the Q.N. Bank, Charleville. Much sympathy is felt for the parents.