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Lieutenant John Douglas Armstrong

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1889-07-20
Place of birth: Ottawa Ontario Canada
Next of kin: mother - Mrs. W.D. Armstrong 369 Stewart St. Ottawa, Ontario
Marital status: no data
Occupation (attested): civil engineer
Occupation (normalized): Civil Engineer, General
Address: 369 Stewart St. Ottawa, Ontario
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-04-09
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: Villers Station Cemetery, VII. J. 35.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank: Lieutenant
Rank detail

Lieutenant (Army).

Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Vimy Ridge. See details below.
Awards

Mentioned in Despatches 'A' List

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 59322
LAC ID: 13100
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B0232-S014
Uploader's Notes:

Son of Jean W. Armstrong, of 344, Stewart St., Ottawa, Ontario, and the late Rev. W. D. Armstrong, M.A., Ph.D., D.D.

Burial Register Details:

This officer was in charge of the Engineer party for consolidation of the first objective, in the attack on Vimy Ridge.

He was killed by a machine gun bullet in the abdomen which entered the right side. This occurred about 400 yards in advance of our old front line and within 300 yards of the objective.

Uploader's Research notes:

Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database

See McGill News - Montreal, September, 1920 page 22 for bio and further details of his death.

[Lieutenant Army Canadian Engineers 4th Divisional Engineers 11th Field Company Mentioned in Despatches & 'A' List ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-05-21