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Full Name: Trooper Edward Rippon Armstrong
Rank Last Held: Trooper
Forename(s): Edward Rippon
Surname: Armstrong
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 11/1
First Known Rank: Trooper
Next of Kin: J.E. Armstrong (father), Guyton Street, Wanganui, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: Hunterville, New Zealand
Military District: Wellington
Body on Embarkation: Main Body
Embarkation Unit: Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation Date: 16 October 1914
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:
Vessel: Orari or Arawa
Destination: Suez, Egypt
Page on Nominal Roll: 19
Last Unit Served: Wellington Mounted Rifles
Place of Death: Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death: 9 August 1915
Age at Death: 23
Year of Death: 1915
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Memorial Name: Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Memorial Reference: 5
Description of Image:
  • Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
  • Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
Further References: Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
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