ARMSTRONG David Cecil

26/8, Captain, 4th Battalion New Zealand Rifle Brigade, WW1

2/18/1505 Major, 4th Wellington Brigade, Home Guard, WW2

18286 Legion of Frontiersmen, New Zealand

CITATION

Military Cross

Gazetted 25 August 1917, p8828

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty when in command of his platoon.  He established a forward post with great skill, afterwards taking command of his company and re-establishing several posts which had been driven out.  He made personal reconnaissances under heavy fire, although at one time rendered unconscious by the explosion of a heavy shell

Mention in Despatches

Gazetted NZEF Orders 15 Jul 1917

Mentioned in Sir Ian Hamilton's despatch of  for acts of gallantry in the field.

AWARDS

Military Cross

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Mention in Despatches

War Medal 1939-45

New Zealand War Service Medal

Colonial Auxiliary Officers Decoration

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal

New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal

New Zealand Territorial Service Medal

NOTES

Born 19 October 1893 Wanganui, New Zealand

Died 21 August 1959 Wellington, New Zealand

Buried Karori Cemetery, Wellington [Soldier Plot 25 Q/4]