Kilbride Parish Church War Memorial
David Armstrong
Date of Birth – c.1891
Place of Birth – Ballyclare
Date of enlistment – 9th May 1916
Address at time of enlistment – Cootamundra, New South Wales, Australia
Next of Kin – Annie Black (mother)
Address of next of kin – Burnside
Trade or Calling – Station hand
Service No. 6414
Unit – 3rd Battalion, Australian Infantry, AIF
Rank –Private
Died – 20th September 1917
Place of Death – Belgium
Age at Death – c.26
Buried – Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Ieper, Belgium
Commemorations –Ballyclare War Memorial and Kilbride Parish Church
Marital status – Single
Parents – Annie Black
Siblings – William, Annie, (David), Esther Isabella Black (half-sister)
Cutting from the Belfast News Letter in 1917
Image courtesy of the History Hub Ulster
Records Available
National Archives of Australia
David Armstrong's service record and will information
Place of association on Australian records – Barellan, New South Wales, Australia
National Archives of Ireland
1901 Census – Village of Burnside, Doagh
David Armstrong , Son, Irish Church, Aged 10, Scholar
Great War Belfast Clippings
This website lists the names of servicemen whose pictures appeared in the Belfast Evening Telegraph during the Great War period.
https://sites.google.com/site/greatwarbelfast/home/service-personnel-pictures-list-a---l
Armstrong, D, Private, Australian Imperial Force, Burnside, Doagh, Antrim, Died