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Personal data

  • ARMSTRONG
  • P
  • PERCY
  • Cobram
  • Victoria, Australia
  • Tongala, Victoria
  • Son of Colville (farmer) and Eliza.
    Three brothers: Joseph (1897), William (1899) and Thomas (1899). Four sisters: Sarah (1892), May (1893) and Eliza (1895).
    Married to Edith Rodwell. One son: Richard Johan Joseph.
  • Farm labourer

Military service

  • Enlisted 11 November 1915, Melbourne
  • 724
  • Lance Corporal
  • 1914/15 Star Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
  • 37th Bn. Australian Infantry
  • 10th Brigade
  • 3rd Australian Division
  • A.I.F.
  • Embarked in Melbourne, to Plymouth (3 June 1916); 22 November 1916 to France; December 1916 detached to 868th A.S.C.Temp as driver; January 1917 rejoined Bat.; March 1917 appointed L/Cpl; April 1917 detachment to 3rd Can Tunneling Coy; May 1917 rejoined Bat

Death

  • 12 October 1917
  • Died of gunshot wounds penetrating abdomen, n°10 CCS
  • 13 October 1917
  • 26
  • XXI - C - 16

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