Kathleen Mary Pattern was born in 1913 in Assiniboia, Manitoba, Canada, the daughter of John Baker Pattern and Winifred Mary (née Edinburgh). She married William Francis Armstrong.
Sailed to Canada aboard the Olympic with mother Winifred and brother William Kenneth in December 1916.
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Wins Success in Women’s Air Force
Mary Kathleen “Kay” Armstrong, an Arts graduate of 1938, has won much success in the R.C.A.F., Women’s Division. After Kay left U.B.C. she went to the Library School at the University of Toronto and after graduating from that institution obtained a position on the Library staff of the University of Western Ontario. Three years ago she donned the air force blue and they commenced periods at a long series of stations including Rockcliffe, Halifax, Dartmouth, Toronto, Florida, Newfoundland, Patricia Bay and Sea Island.
Of all the stations she has been at, Kay likes the Newfoundland one the best. There she was kept very busy, as Newfoundland was the base for aircraft jumping off across the Atlantic. In Toronto she took her commission and gained her present rank, which is that of Section Officer.
At present she is in Ottawa where she holds the very responsible position of Librarian to the Director of Intelligence, K.C.A.F. Kay really set up that particular library and there can be little doubt as to just how important it has been and will be in the future.
The University of British Columbia Graduate Chronicle (October 1945)
