English Māori Howard Richard Armstrong Died 20 May 1941 PDF Key details Service number12628 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankPrivate AWMM 26 Infantry Battalion AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesHoward Richard AWMM SurnameArmstrong AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number12628 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM Mills Street, Runanga, Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMr Wilmot Armstrong (father), Mills Street, Runanga, Greymouth, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusUnknown AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignNorth Africa AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number12628 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Unknown AWMM Coal miner/Civilian AWMM Greymouth, Grey District AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Private AWMM 26 Infantry Battalion AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesDied of Sickness, Cause of Death AWMM Died of sickness AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankPrivate AWMM 26 Infantry Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Son of Wilmot and Louise Ruby Armstrong, of Runanga, WestlandNext of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death20 May 1941 AWMM Age 23 AWMM Egypt, North Africa AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathDied of Sickness AWMM Death notes CemeteryCairo War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt AWMM K. 30. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember Howard Richard Armstrong by laying a poppy. Heywood Armstrong Hilton Henry Austin Armstrong Howard Richard Armstrong Hugh Crossle Armstrong I. C. Armstrong Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Howard Richard Armstrong Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksPapers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Sources Used Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast Sources Used Roll of Honour, Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 121, 24 May 1941, Page 11 http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19410524.2.101&srpos Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2274111 Sources Used DocumentsThe Evening Post AWMM Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 3 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1940 to 31st March, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM WW2 3: WW2 18 AWMM Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
