Edward Cyril STRINGER

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Service Number:	518
Enlisted:	7 August 1916, Rockhampton, Queensland
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	11th Machine Gun Company
Born:	Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia, 7 February 1887
Home Town:	Rockhampton, Rockhampton, Queensland
Schooling:	Rockhampton Central Boys' School, Queensland, Australia
Occupation:	Draper's packer & pianist
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 14 October 1917, aged 30 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gracemere Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient)

7 Aug 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 518, Rockhampton, Queensland
22 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 518, 15th Machine Gun Company, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '21' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 518, 15th Machine Gun Company, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
14 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 518, 11th Machine Gun Company, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 518 awm_unit: 11th Australian Machine Gun Company awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-10-14

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Edward Cyril STRINGER was born on 7th February, 1887 in Rockhampton, Queensland

His parents were John STRINGER & Gertrude Alice GEARING