LEST WE FORGET
Aircraftman Class I Arthur Ray ARMSTRONG
Service No: 55580
Born: Newbery, England, 4 January 1903
Enlisted in the RAAF: 9 May 1942 (at Melbourne VIC)
Unit: No. 1 Airfield Construction Squadron, Flemington VIC
Died: Illness, Heidelberg VIC, 6 July 1942, Aged 39 Years
Buried: Fawkner Memorial Park Cemetery, Melbourne VIC
CWGC Additional Information: Son of Thomas and Kathleen Armstrong; husband of Ruby Armstrong, of Tongala
Roll of Honour: Tongala VIC
Remembered: Panel 114, Commemorative Area, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT
On 23 May 1942, Aircraftman Class I Armstrong, a Driver Motor Transport, was admitted to No. 116 Australian General Hospital, Heidelberg, suffering from a perforated gastric ulcer and he died on 6 July 1942.
References:
Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour On-Line Records (RAAF Casualty Information compiled by Alan Storr (409804))
Commonwealth War Graves Commission On-Line Records
Department of Veterans’ Affairs On-Line WWII Nominal Roll
National Archives of Australia On-Line Record A705, 163/88/111