The Australian Boer War Memorial
Anzac Parade Canberra
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Private Christopher Armstrong |
Ancestor Details
Ancestor's Name: Christopher Edward Armstrong
Ancestor's date of birth: 1876
Ancestor's date of death: 1968
Cause of Death: Cancer
Service Number: 208
Colony or State of enlistment: VIC, Place of Enlistment: Melbourne
Unit: 6th Australian Commonwealth Horse 4 Troop B Squadron
Rank attained in Boer War: PTE, Date Effective: On enlistment
Highest Rank attained (if served after war): No evidence of post Boer War service
Murray Page: 330
Contingent: Third Australian
Ship: Manchester Merchant, Date of Sailing: 19/05/1902
Memorial details: Detail not provided
Awards/Decorations: Queen's South Africa Medal with Transvaal and SA 1902 clasps.
Personal Characteristics: A farmer from Katunga Victoria, He was 184 cm tall with blue eyes.
Reasons to go and fight: Detail not provided
Details of service in war: Unit arrived after the war ended.
Service and life after the Boer War: Listed as a soldier in WW2, is his Son, Harold Sydney Armstrong from Gayndah, QLD. No other details provided of his life after the Boer War.
Descendant Details
Name of Descendant: Montgomery Thompson, Lindfield NSW
Relationship to Ancestor: Grandson
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