AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Armstrong, William Eric

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Armstrong ​

• FORENAME

William Eric ​

• UNIT

2/1 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Private ​

• NUMBER

WX9761 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

1st July 1942 ​

• AGE

28 ​

• GRAVESITE

Rabaul Memorial,Papua New Guinea Panel 12 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 15.09.1913, Perth, Western Australia​

son of William Joseph and Ellen Elizabeth Armstrong, Maylands, Western Australia​

previously served 3 years with RANR​

06.12.1940 enlisted Claremont, Western Australia​

single​

occupation clerk​

POW 2.2.1942 at sea​

lost when Japanese ship Montevideo Maru sunk by USS Sturgeon off Philippines ​

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