Armstrong, Francis Edwin

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Served in Voluntary Defence Corps in WWII

Book of Remembrance entry

M.C., Arts III (e) : Lieutenant, 55th Battn., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 24th June, 1915, and sailing 23rd December, arrived at Heliopolis in January, 1916, and served at Tel-el-Kebir, Desert March to Moascar, Ferry Post and Serapeum. Crossing to France, fought at Fleurbaix till wounded by bombs at Fromelles, 20th July, and evacuated to hospital at Southborough, Kent. Returning to battn. in August, served at Fleurbaix, Somme, Bapaume and Bullecourt and, after attending Officers'' Cadet Battn., Balliol College, Oxford, July-September, 1917, at Passchendaele, Messines, Villers-Bretonneux, August Advance, Bellicourt and until demobilisation. Awarded M.C. 8th March, 1919, and Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at Wallsend Public and Newcastle High Schools.

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1893

Birth in Wallsend -- NSW, Australia 15 September 1893
1893

Birth 15 Sep 1893 at Wallsend [ NSW Australia ]
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Early education at Wallsend Public School, Wallsend, NSW, Australia
1906

Early education at Newcastle High School, Newcastle, NSW, Australia 1906
1913

Tertiary education at University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia 1913
1914

Student teacher at New Lambton -- NSW, Australia 1 October 1914
1915

Assistant Teacher at Mascot -- NSW, Australia 1915
1915

Enlisted 24 Jun 1915
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Military service as Lieutenant at France --, France
1919

Military award: M.C. Military Cross on 1919-03-08
1920

Assistant at Plattsburg -- NSW, Australia 1 March 1920
1921

Teacher.First Assistant Teacher at Weston -- NSW, Australia 1 September 1921
1923

Teacher.First Assistant Teacher at Carrington -- NSW, Australia 1923
1924

Teacher.First Assistant Teacher at New Lambton -- NSW, Australia 1 July 1924
1924

Married 1924
1929

Headmaster at Binnaway -- NSW, Australia 1929
1933

Headmaster at Boolaroo -- NSW, Australia 1933
1940

Headmaster at Parramatta North -- NSW, Australia 1940
1943

Military service as Captain 1 October 1943
1958

Headmaster at Granville -- NSW, Australia 1958
1958

Retired from teaching 31 Dec 1958
1959

Teacher at Granville -- NSW, Australia 1959
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Military award: Mentioned in Despatches on
1966

Death in Dundas -- NSW, Australia 29 November 1966

Gender

Male

From the archives

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Obituary F E Armstrong, Sydney Legacy Bulletin, 8 December 1966,p4 [ jpg ]

University student card overleaf [ jpg ]

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