Walter Patrick ARMSTRONG

Regimental number13/965a
Date of birth7 March 1894
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBaker
Addressc/o L W Faville, Victoria Street, Hamilton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 5.5"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs W J Patterson, Waitoa, near Te Aroha
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date18 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 1), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Brother: Easton Esdale Armstrong, Mitcham Tanko Avenue, Bronte, Tasmania, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 14 February 1915; disembarked Suez, 26 March 1915.

Posted to unit, Gallipoli, 30 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Zeitoun, 14 January 1916, concluded: 'Previously reported wounded and missing, now believed dead on or about 8 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22271704