John Mason STRINGER

STRINGER, John Mason

Service Number: QX6449, Q185088
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
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World War 2 Service

26 Nov 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , QX6449, Q185088, Brisbane, QLD, Australia
30 Jul 1941: Embarked Australian Military Forces (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 (WW2) , Major, QX6449, Q185088, 2nd/26th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Sharyn Roberts

Son of Montague Baldwin STRINGER & Elizabeth Mary (nee-COWEN) STRINGER.

Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Son of Montague Baldwin Stringer and Elizabeth Mary Cowen