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Arthur Rex ARMSTRONG

Regimental number5650
Place of birthLane Cove, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolNorth Sydney Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBank clerk
Address9 Lane Cove Road, North Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Next of kinFather, Mr A B Armstrong, 189 Lane Cove Road, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date19 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, 18th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A55 Kyarra on 3 June 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularDied on Troopship Kyarra A55
FateDied of disease 2 July 1916
Place of death or woundingOn Board Ship
Date of death2 July 1916
Age at death19
Place of burialAt Sea
Commemoration detailsHollybrook Memorial, Southampton, England
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
39
Family/military connectionsHis brother Alexander Boswell Armstrong No 5649 was killed in action near Lagnicourt 17 April 1917; Brother: 5649 Alexander Boswell ARMSTRONG, killed in action, 15 April 1917.
Miscellaneous detailsDIED OF ILLNESS (MENINGITIS)

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