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Cenotaph record

William Alfred Armstrong

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    William Alfred AWMM
  • Surname
    Armstrong AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 88279 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    23 July 1885 AWMM Wellington Region, New Zealand AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 56 Bronte Street, Nelson AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Frances Ada Armstrong (wife) Box 47 AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Married/Pre WWI AWMM
      Married Frances Ada Steer in Greymouth 8 January 1912, one daughter Ethel Maree b Nelson 28 Oct 1915 Frances d 1925 AWMM
    • Married AWMM
      Married 1927 to Mary Ruby Maysel Steer older sister of his first wife AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 88279 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 27 May 1918 AWMM Draper/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Alfred Smith Leo Armstrong and Emma Rebecca Armstrong [nee Putnam] one of 4 children AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    26 July 1968 AWMM
    Nelson, Tasman AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Marsden Cemetery, Roses Plot 165 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
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    Cenotaph data entry form AWMM

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