Armstrong, Francis Edwin
Person: id 4910
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Family name
Armstrong
Given name(s)
Francis Edwin
Initials
F.E.
Gender
Male
Early education
Tertiary education
Combined start dates
1913
Military service
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Armstrong F.E. : Assistant Teacher 1915 - Gardener's Road Junior Technical School @ Mascot [ NSW Australia ]Armstrong F.E. : Headmaster - 1958 Blaxcell St Public School @ Granville [ NSW Australia ]Armstrong F.E. : Student teacher 1 Oct 1914 - @ New Lambton [ NSW Australia ]Armstrong F.E. : Assistant 1 Mar 1920 - Plattsburg District Rural School @ Plattsburg [ NSW Australia ]Armstrong F.E. : Teacher.First Assistant Teacher 1 Sep 1921 - Weston Public School @ Weston [ NSW Australia ]Armstrong F.E. : Teacher.First Assistant Teacher 1923 - Carrington Public School @ Carrington [ NSW Australia ]Armstrong F.E. : Teacher.First Assistant Teacher 1 Jul 1924 - New Lambton Public School @ New Lambton [ NSW Australia ]Armstrong F.E. : Headmaster 1929 - Binnaway Central School @ Binnaway [ NSW Australia ]Armstrong F.E. : Headmaster 1933 - Boolaroo Public School @ Boolaroo [ NSW Australia ]Armstrong F.E. : Headmaster 1940 - Parramatta North Public School @ Parramatta North [ NSW Australia ]Armstrong F.E. : Teacher 1959 - 1966 Granville Boy's High School @ Granville [ NSW Australia ]
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M.C., Arts III (e) : Lieutenant, 55th Battn., A.I.F., France. Enlisting 24th June, 1915, and sailing 23rd December, arrived at Heliopolis in January, 1916, and served at Tel-el-Kebir, Desert March to Moascar, Ferry Post and Serapeum. Crossing to France, fought at Fleurbaix till wounded by bombs at Fromelles, 20th July, and evacuated to hospital at Southborough, Kent. Returning to battn. in August, served at Fleurbaix, Somme, Bapaume and Bullecourt and, after attending Officers'' Cadet Battn., Balliol College, Oxford, July-September, 1917, at Passchendaele, Messines, Villers-Bretonneux, August Advance, Bellicourt and until demobilisation. Awarded M.C. 8th March, 1919, and Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at Wallsend Public and Newcastle High Schools.
Later at - SYDNEY UNI ONLY
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Served in Voluntary Defence Corps in WWII
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Notified by family member Sue Hudson by email
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