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Victor Seymour ARMSTRONG

Regimental number675
Place of birthBloomsbury, London, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationJournalist
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 6.25"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinBrother, E M Armstrong, AIF; also friend, Mrs Weir, Tegumae, Cowles Road, Mosman, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentSydney, New South Wales
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, A Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 06-9 August 1915
Place of death or woundingLone Pine, Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of death9 August 1915
Age at death26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 21), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
39
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 5 April 1915.

Reported wounded and missing, 6-9 August 1915.

Court of Enquiry, held at Fleurbaix, France, 22 April 1916, declared fate as 'Killed in Action, 6-9 August 1915'.

Statement, Red Cross File No 0130901E, 1063 Sergeant G.W. PARSONS, 4th Bn (patient, 1st Auxiliary Hospital, Heliopolis), 28 April 1916: 'Witness states that Armstrong was a signaller. Witness was himself a Corporal of Signallers at [the] time and saw Armstrong wounded, hit in shoulder at Lone Pine, close to the turkish trenches. Armsatrong dropped his rifle and put his hand to his shoulder. This was on rhe 6th August. Never saw him again, though made enquiries.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsAlso embarked INF4CF
SourcesNAA: B2455, ARMSTRONG Victor Seymour
Red Cross File No 0130901E

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