ARMSTRONG Thomas Frederick
- 53207
- Private
- Gunner
- 9 Battalion
- 3rd Reinforcements Queensland, Australian Field Artillery
- Beerburrum Soldier Settlement
- Yes
- 19 December 1886
- Warragul, Gippsland, Victoria
- 19 March 1918
- HMAT Osterley
- 8 May1918
- Sydney
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Prior History: 1913: Labourer, Dow`s Creek, MacKay, Qld 1913: Labourer, March St, Maryborough, Qld
Occupation - Traveller, employed at Maryborough`s Steinds & Son as a brewer for 3 yrs Status: Married with 4 children Next of Kin: wife - Mrs Alice Thursa Armstrong Address: Robert Street, Bundaberg Qld
Description: Height - 5` 8¼", Weight - 156 lbs., Chest - 33.35 ins, Complexion - Dark, Eyes - Brown, Hair - Black, Religion - Church of England, Marks - Scar on Right Forearm.
19/3/18: Enlisted Maryborough, Queensland. Expressed preference for Artillery
5/5/18: Entrained Brisbane
8/5/18: Embarked HMAT "Osterley" in Sydney
10/7/18: Disembaked at Liverpool, England
11/7/18: Transferred to 1st Training Battalion
21/7/18: Allotted to Reinforcements 9th Battalion, Sutton Veny, Wiltshire, England
23/7/18: Taken on strength of Artillery Details from 9th Battalion Details ex 1st Training Battalion and mustered as Gunner
22/8/18: Absent without Leave
23/8/18: Returned
23/8/18: Transferred to Artillery Details RBAA Heytesbury, Wiltshire, England
8/11/18: Admitted to Miltary Hospital, Sutton Veny, with Influenza
23/11/18: Discharged from Military Hospital to Training Depot, Sutton Veny
27/12/18: Marched out to Australian Army Service Corps Training Depot
11/2/19: Marched in ex AASC Parkhouse for duty CQM
27/3/19: Admitted to Miltary Hospital at Tidworth with Influenza
9/4/19: Discharged to Training Depot, Tidworth
23/7/19: Embarked for Australia from England per "Ulysses"
Post Service: 1919: Traveller, Water Street, Bundaberg, Qld. 1919: Traveller, Yaralla Street, Maryborough, Qld.
Image Sources: Courtesy of State Library of Queensland
Remained in English training camps for the duration of his time overseas.
- Returned to Australia
- 5 September 1919
- 28 June 1927
- Glass House Mountains
- 41
- Toowong Cemetery, Brisbane,Qld
- Jackie
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