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STRINGER, William Henry
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1817 |
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| Enlisted: | 27 December 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 14th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Croydon, Surrey, England, 1 July 1895 |
| Home Town: | Warrandyte, Manningham, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Gardener |
| Died: | 1965, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 27 Dec 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1817, 14th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Mar 1915: | Involvement Private, 1817, 14th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Mar 1915: | Embarked Private, 1817, 14th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 8 Aug 1915: | Imprisoned The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Stringer only joined his unit at Gallipoli during late May 1915 and was wounded in the buttock on the 14 June 1915. He stayed at Anzac and was with a party of about a dozen men of the 14th Battalion, led by Lieutenant Luscombe, who were captured by the Turks while trying to attack Hill 971 on the 8 August 1915. He spent over 3 years in Turkish prisons till he was repatriated to Salonika in November 1918 and returned to Australia from England during May 1919.