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Hint: This site is intended as a search aid - not a definitive source. It is essentially an index to documents that seem to relate to this person plus a very brief precis of relevant elements. Sources often conflict and I also flag things with a ? when I am unsure. So if the information below is important to you, then please check the original sources to see what else they contain (and in case I have inadvertantly introduced transcription and/or precising errors). There can be additional information that was not included in the database for both space and copyright reasons.

 

Surname		ARMSTRONG
Given Name(s) or Initial(s)		Francis Leofric
Regimental Number		34501
Rank		Corporal
Unit Name		Prince of Wales' Light Horse
State
Extracts and Comments (from Sources as shown)		Source:# 124 Lieutenant 15Bn. AIF Mentioned in Despatches, killed in action at Quinn's Post 1915. Source:# 466 family says he enlisted overseas 2x MIDs. URL1: WW1 AIF Lieutenant 15Bn. killed in action Gallipoli 10.5.1915 enlisted Brisbane Qld. URL2: Mt. Perry, Qld. Source:# 658 photo. URL5: WO127 PoWLH roll Armstrong Francis L/Cpl. 34501. URL4: WW1 AIF late Lieut. 15Bn., a bank clerk aged 32 in 1914 born in 1880, next of kin wife at Kangaroo Point Qld., 6 months PoWLH and 7 months 3NSWIB in South Africa QSA and 5 clasps, 2nd. Lt. 9.10.1914 Lieut. 1.2.1915 killed in action 9.5.1915 buried at Quinn's Post 10.5.1915. A6585: 1902 permit to enter South Africa. URL7: 34501 Cpl. PoWLH enlisted Durban 29.4.1901 discharged 1.11.1901 Pietermaritzburg on completion of service. Source:# 1341 possibly 2117 Tpr. Frederick ARMSTRONG 3NSWIB. URL9: Cpl. FL ARMSTRONG NSW returned per 'Australasian' at Melbourne Vic. 20.6.1902. URL10: 2117 Cpl. ARMSTRONG returned to Sydney per 'Australasian' 24.6.1902. Syd. Herald : 2177 Cpl. FL ARMSTRONG to Sydney per 'Australasian' 24.6.1902. Roe: 2117 Tpr. Frederick ARMSTRONG 3NSWIB appears to be Francis Leofric ARMSTRONG PoWLH & 3NSWIB. Source:# 1353 Francis Leofric ARMSTRONG - WW1 enlistment documents show 1 year service as a private and 6 months as Lieut. in Queensland Volunteer Rifles pre-Boer War, resigned to serve in South Africa, 2 years pre-WW1 service in 7th Infantry (Moreton Regiment) as Lieut.
Source References		Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 124 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 466 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 658 A6585: National Archives of Australia series A6585 B2455: National Archives of Australia series B2455 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1341 Syd. Herald : Sydney Morning Herald newspaper date(s) 21 & 25.6.1902 Evg. News: Evening News (Sydney NSW) date(s) 24.6.1902 Source:# Oz-Boer contributed source number 1353
External Link URL1		www.awm.gov.au/database/roh.asp
External Link URL2		www.anzacs.net/GRAVES/Cemeteries/Cemetery_r.htm
External Link URL3		www.anzacs.org/pages/AOarmstrongFL.html
External Link URL4		naa12.naa.gov.au/scripts/imagine.asp?B=3035479&I=1&SE=1
External Link URL5		www.britishmedals.us/files/127powlh.htm
External Link URL6		aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=7245
External Link URL7		www.angloboerwar.com/unit-information/south-african-units/455-prince-of-wales-light-horse?showall=&start=1
External Link URL8		www.asletts.com/node/517
External Link URL9		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article14438046
External Link URL10		nla.gov.au/nla.news-article114120362

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Apology: For some time now it has been difficult to keep up with the newly available sources (especially the Trove newspaper site) plus the flow of contributions and queries. So I have been forced to prioritise maintenance and data entry over replying to correspondence. Nevertheless, your contributions are being added to the database and acknowledged on the contributions page and, although my replies are many months behind, I will attempt to get to them more often.

 

Colin Roe
Canberra

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