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Albert John Armstrong

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Headstone, Forli Cemetery (photo Gabrielle Fortune 2008) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Headstone, Forli Cemetery (photo Gabrielle Fortune 2008) - Image has All Rights Reserved

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert John AWMM
  • Surname
    Armstrong AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    13775 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Brooke Street, Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs M. Armstrong (mother),Brooke Street, Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs M. Armstrong (mother),Brooke Street, Southbridge, Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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Embarkations

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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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of Cuthbert Armstrong and of Margaret Armstrong (nee Lewis), of Southbridge, Canterbury AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    1 January 1945 AWMM
    Age 27 AWMM
    Italy, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Forli War Cemetery, Italy AWMM II. A. 16. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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  • External links
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
    https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2206717
    Sources Used
  • References
    • 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 17 AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1942). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 5 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1941 to 30 September, 1941). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 5: WW2 11 AWMM
    • Norton, F. (1952). 26 Battalion. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM
    • Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls B-force 8th infantry brigade group [New Zealand Military Forces - "B" Force - Embarkation Roll]. Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYS 8638 AD1/1421 (R22440171) AWMM
    • Gillespie, O. (1952). The Pacific. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM

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14 December 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher

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