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STRINGER, John Mason
Personal Details
| Service Number: | QX6449, Q185088 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 November 1940, Brisbane, QLD, Australia |
| Last Rank: | Major |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Childers, Bundaberg Region, Queensland, 9 June 1909 |
| Home Town: | Childers, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | RMC |
| Occupation: | Customs Officer |
| Died: | Stroke, Adelaide, South Australia, 11 November 1961, aged 52 years |
| Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Derrick Gardens Plot 20 Site 584 |
| Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
| 26 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), QX6449, Q185088, Brisbane, QLD, Australia | |
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| 30 Jul 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, QX6449, Q185088, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Ship: "H.M.T, E.E", Port of Melbourne, Vic; for Singapore. | |
| 15 Feb 1942: | Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore | |
| 14 Feb 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Major, QX6449, Q185088, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion |
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Son of Montague Baldwin STRINGER & Elizabeth Mary (nee-COWEN) STRINGER.
Biography contributed by Robert Kearney
Son of Montague Baldwin Stringer and Elizabeth Mary Cowen
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