STRINGFELLOW , Victor Marwood
| Service Number: | 6855 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 September 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Petersham, New South Wales, Australia, 1901 |
| Home Town: | Petersham, Marrickville, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Crystal Street Public School, Petersham, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Post Office assistant |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 27 September 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Leichhardt War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6855, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 8 Nov 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6855, 13th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Nicholson embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 8 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 6855, 13th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Nicholson, Sydney | |
| 27 Sep 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 6855, 13th Infantry Battalion, Polygon Wood |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Adding to his mother’s distraught was that he has no known grave and his name is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
His mother, Ethel was most upset about the fact that she had paid for an inscription on her son’s grave, and the military told her that no grave existed. She wrote to the authorities in 1930 expressing her concerns, another of which was the fact that her pension for both her husband and son had been stopped. In one paragraph she said, “Our soldiers wear the wreaths of everlasting life, and as they look down from the other side of life their spirits sigh at the injustices done on our earthly plane. Perhaps the military have done their work so well in the taking, they will try to do a little for me in the giving and give me details of my boys’ grave and also the private inscription that I paid for on a grave they tell me does not exist.”
Biography contributed by Peter Rankin
Victor was killed in the battle of Polygon Wood. He was only 16 years old when he was killed.
His epitaph reads:
FOREVER WITH THE LORD, PEACE, PERFECT PEACE,
WITH LOVED ONES FAR AWAY, IN JESUS'S KEEPING WE ARE SAFE, AND THEY.
Victor's father also served, 1093 Pte. Charles William Stringfellow (/explore/people/214009), 3rd Infantry Battalion. Charles was killed in action on the 15th of April 1917 and is buried in Beaumetz Cross Roads Cemetery, France.
No greater sacrifice can be given to his country and fellow Australian than to die in fields far from home but always remembered and honored .A spirit that endures for eternity no matter where you lay we stand bowed before you .
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