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Robert Gordon Armstrong (1920 - 1946)

Robert Gordon Armstrong
Born in Gordonvale, Queensland, Australiamap
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Died at age 25 in Queensland, Australiamap
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Biography

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Robert Armstrong was born in Queensland, Australia
Robert Gordon Armstrong was born on 23rd November 1920 in Gordonvale, Queensland, Australia. He was the son of William Armstrong and Jeanie Gordon. [1]
Private Robert Armstrong served in the Volunteer Defence Corps in World War II
Service started: 11 Jan 1942
Unit(s): 18th Battalion
Service ended: 9 Mar 1946
On 11th January 1942 at Cucania, North Queensland, Robert enlisted in the Australan Army's Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC). His next-of-kin was listed as Jean Armstrong. He was allocated to Queensland's 18th Battalion, based at Innisfail. [2]
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Robert Armstrong died of illness in North Queensland during the Second World War.

Aged 25 years, he passed away of illness on 9th March 1946 in Queensland and is buried in Babinda Cemetery. Robert Gordon Armstrong's name is located at panel 96 in the Commemorative Area at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra. [3][4] He was awarded the Australia Service Medal 1939-1945. His unit, indeed the VDC as an entity, had been disbanded in August 1945.

Sources

  1. ↑ ascertained from death record
  2. ↑ Department of veterans' Affairs nominal roll: Q116034 Private Robert Gordon Armstrong; accessed 6 Dec 2023
  3. ↑ Australian War Memorial roll of honour: Q116034 Private Robert Gordon Armstrong; accessed 6 Dec 2023
  4. ↑ Queensland Death Index #1946/C/275




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Categories: Australia Service Medal 1939-1945 | Babinda Cemetery, Babinda, Queensland | 18th Battalion (QLD), Volunteer Defence Corps, World War II | Gordonvale, Queensland | Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory | Died in Military Service, Australia, World War II