Armstrong, Lizzie Edith
Person: id 81750
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USyd
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World War IWorld War II
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Family name
Armstrong
Given name(s)
Lizzie Edith
Initials
L.E.
Gender
Female
Naming note
Called Edie, sometimes Lily & E L Armstrong
Early education
Education notes
No mention in the uni calendars 1900 -1916
CRTS
No
Survived
Survived WWI
Occupations
Armstrong L.E. : StenographerArmstrong L.E. : Lecturer in Massage - University of Sydney @ Camperdown -University of Sydney-
NSW,
AustraliaArmstrong L.E. : Instructor in Massage 1906 - Royal Prince Alfred Hospital @ Camperdown -Royal Prince Alfred Hospital-
NSW,
AustraliaArmstrong L.E. : Instructor in Massage 1914 - University Of Otago @ Dunedin -Otago University-,
New ZealandArmstrong L.E. : Travel Agent 1920 - @ Australia House --
London,
EnglandArmstrong L.E. : Manager 1925 - Pickford's Touring Agency @ Sydney --
NSW,
Australia
Other events
Armstrong L.E. : Life.Birth 1874 - @ Campbelltown --
NSW,
AustraliaArmstrong L.E. : Specific terms.Established NSW Massage Association with Prof. Anderson Stuart 1906Armstrong L.E. : Specific terms.Secretary Dunedin Women's Patriotic Association 1914 - @ Dunedin --,
New ZealandArmstrong L.E. : Specific terms.Travel Agency Office 1924 - @ London -206 High Holburn-,
EnglandArmstrong L.E. : Specific terms.Worked with the Red Cross in WWII 1940
OCRd book entry or other narrative
Staff: Not listed in the Book of Remembrance. Attempted to volunteer in Sydney in 1914 but was told "no massage will be used in this War" by Defence Department. Travelled at her own expense to England in August 1914. Appointed as masseuse at Dorchester House and 17 Park Lane. Enlisted in London with the A.I.F. in July 1916 without pay and appointed Masseuse-in-Charge of the 6th A.A. Hospital, Moreton Gardens South Kensington. Served there for 12 months. [From an article in The Sun 27 July 1919 p17.]
Visible notes
On the top floor of a large city store, three hundred women work each week turning waste paper into hospital equipment made of papier mache. This work is one of the most progressive of the war activities in Sydney, and the founder and organiser is Miss L. E. Armstrong. Her interest in papier mache dates back to the last war when she was attached to the 6th Australian (Auxiliary) Hospital in England and she came across the work being done at the Kensington War Depot. She equipped a treatment room at the hospital with papier mache equipment made at the depot. Miss Armstrong was the inventor of the Armstrong sling, a sling for broken arms which puts all the weight on the shoulders, rather than on the neck. This sling was used in hospitals throughout England.
[The Sun, Sydney NSW, Thurs. 5 Dec., 1940, p.21]
[The Sun, Sydney NSW, Thurs. 5 Dec., 1940, p.21]
Internal notes
Served with Red Cross in WWII making papier mache medical instruments as above
Discovering Anzacs
Other URLs
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/14762058https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/111277996http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article128640888http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article221991554https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47245509https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/17105290http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article164867234http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article231157757http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article53606373
WWI
Yes
Basic Information needed
No
Flag BoR OCR text
No
Source Details text
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/47245509
