Robert Henry STRINGER

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STRINGER, Robert Henry

Service Number:	2366
Enlisted:	29 December 1915, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	3rd Light Horse Regiment
Born:	Mundoora, South Australia, 8 June 1888
Home Town:	Sherlock, The Coorong, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Natural causes, Port Broughton, South Australia, 21 September 1971, aged 83 years
Cemetery:	Port Broughton Cemetery
Memorials:	Adelaide South Australian Railways WW1 & WW2 Honour Boards

World War 1 Service

29 Dec 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2366, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Adelaide, South Australia
29 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2366, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Botanist embarkation_ship_number: A59 public_note: ''
29 Apr 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2366, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Botanist, Adelaide
11 Nov 1918:	Involvement Trooper, 2366, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
18 Sep 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Corporal, 2366, 3rd Light Horse Regiment
Date unknown:	Wounded 2366, 3rd Light Horse Regiment

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Biography

No. 2366 Corporal Robert Henry Stringer, farmer, born 8 June 1888, Wokurna, South Australia. Enlisted 29 December 1915 3rd Light Horse Regiment. Brother of No. 3907 Private Arthur Clarence Stringer, AIF Cyclist and No. 180 Private Alfred George Stringer, 43rd Infantry Battalion. All three returned from WWI. Robert married Annie Edith Jamieson and died 1971 at Port Broughton.

Biography contributed by Cleve Area School

Robert Henry Stringer served from 1914 to 1918 his rank was a trooper, he served in the 3rd Light Horse Regiment. When he embarked for war he was 18 years old.

Stringer grew up in Sherlock, at the Coorong South Australia. His Mother was Mrs Emma Stringer. His religion was Methodist. He was born in Mundoora, South Australia.

Stringer was enlisted on the 29 of December 1915. He embarked to war from Adelaide, 29th April 1916 and served in the Middle East.

Stringer died on the 21st of September 1971.

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