Victor Eric STRINGER

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STRINGER, Victor Eric

Service Number:	SX2538
Enlisted:	27 April 1940, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Broughton, South Australia, Australia, 26 July 1919
Home Town:	Arno Bay, Cleve, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Tractor Driver
Died:	Killed in Action, Libya, 22 July 1941, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	Tobruk War Cemetery, Tobruk, Libya 4 L 9
Memorials:	Adelaide Pathway of Honour - The Rats of Tobruk WW2 Memorial, Adelaide The Siege of Tobruk Commemorative Cross, Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 2 Service

27 Apr 1940:	Involvement Private, SX2538, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion
27 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Adelaide, SA
27 Apr 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX2538, 2nd/10th Infantry Battalion, Adelaide, SA
Date unknown:	Involvement

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Richard George and Rosina May Stringer, of Arno Bay, South Australia.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON AND BROTHER

Pte. V. E. Stringer, the first volunteer from the Arno Bay district, was killed in action on July 22. He was the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Stringer, of Arno Bay. and enlisted in May. 1940, leaving for overseas the following November. He was 21. A brother. Pat Stringer, is serving abroad with the A.I.F.

STRINGER.— In loving memory of my dear brother, Pte/V E. Stringer (SX3538) who was killed at Tobruk on July 23rd, 1941,
Deep in our hearts a memory is left,
Of one we loved and will never forget
—Inserted by his loving sister, Phena, Doug, and Ann

STRINGER. — In loving memory of our son and brother, Pte V. E Stringer (8X2538), who was killed at Tobruk, July 22nd, 1941.
Dear is the one thatis gone,
But in memory be will always remain,
As long as the years roll on.
—Inserted by his loving father, mother, brothers and sisters.

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