Albert Edward (Bert) Armstrong
- Born: 13 Oct 1895, Footscray, Melbourne, Victoria Australia
- Marriage (1): Jessie Marian Tulloch in 1922 in Victoria Australia
- Died: 21 Dec 1965, Dandenong, Victoria Australia at age 70
- Buried: 23 Dec 1965, Cremated at Springvale Crematorium, Victoria Australia Ashes Interred Cassia - Wall Niche, Wall T Niche 374
General Notes:
WW1 Embarkation Record
Armstrong, Albert Edward
Service Number: 34078
Rank/Calling: Driver
Unit: FAB [Field Artillery Brigade] - Monthly Reinforcements - February to May 1917 (May-August 1917)
Ship Name: HMAT Ascanius
Ship Number: A11
Date of Embarkation: 11/05/1917
Place of Embarkation: Melbourne
Albert Edward Armstrong enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 23/1/1917. On the certificate of medical examination of 19/1/1917 Albert is described as being 21 years and 3 months, height - 5 feet 6 and a half inches, weight 135 lbs, chest measurement 33/36 inches, complexion - fair, eyes - blue, hair - fair and religious denomination - presbyterian. His distinctive marks were vacs - 1 left arm. moles- right thigh and moles both cheeks.
Albert served mainly in France and was discharged on 19/9/1919
WW2 Service Record
Name ARMSTRONG, ALBERT EDWARD
Service Australian Army
Service Number V367772
Date of Birth 13 Oct 1895
Place of Birth FOOTSCRAY, VIC
Date of Enlistment 15 Mar 1942
Locality on Enlistment BERWICK, VIC
Place of Enlistment DANDENONG, VIC
Next of Kin ARMSTRONG, JESSE
Date of Discharge 9 Oct 1945
Rank Private
Posting at Discharge 10 BATTALION VOLUNTEER DEFENCE CORPS
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No
Lived at 70 Herbert Street, Dandenong at time of death.
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation: Dairy Farmer.
Albert married Jessie Marian Tulloch, daughter of Charles Darling Tulloch and Flora Nicholson, in 1922 in Victoria Australia. (Jessie Marian Tulloch was born in 1900 in Jumbunna, Victoria Australia, died on 12 Jun 1971 in Dandenong, Victoria Australia and was buried on 15 Jun 1971 in Cremated at Springvale Crematorium, Victoria Australia Ashes Interred Cassia - Wall Niche, Wall T Niche 381.)
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