Armstrong, Arthur William (Sergeant, b.? - d.1916)

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Accession Number 1DRL/0055
Collection type Private Record
Record type Collection
Measurement 2 wallets: 2 cm
Object type Letter
Maker Armstrong, Arthur William
Place made Australia: Victoria, Egypt, France
Date made 1915-1916
Access Open
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

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Description

Collection relating to the service of 2109 Sergeant Arthur William Armstrong, 24 Battalion, Egypt and France, 1915-1916. Collection consists of twenty-eight negative photostat copies of letters written by Armstrong to his father. Location of original letters unknown.

History / Summary

Some letters incomplete. Photostat copies made 1928 at request of Australian War Memorial. Copies initially bound into file cover. Location of originals unknown.

Biographical note: 2109 Sergeant Arthur William Armstrong, 24 Battalion, Australian Infantry. Died of wounds, France, 29 July 1916. Son of William Hamilton Armstrong and Annie Armstrong (nee Simpson), of Scoresby, Victoria, Australia. Native of Bonang, Victoria.