STRINGER, William Edwin
(Service number 32398)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 05/07/1897 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Baker | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs S. A. STRINGER (mother), Geraldine, Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 10th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company | ||
| Date | 15 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 21 November 1959 | Age | 62 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Temuka Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
William Edwin Stringer was born on 5 July 1897 at Geraldine, the son of James and Sarah Ann (née Burnham) Stringer. William was only 19 years old when he embarked on 15 November 1916. Draft 211 - the troopship “Briton” - with over a thousand men aboard including Private W. E. Stringer, of Geraldine, was due at Lyttelton in late January 1919. William married Marjorie Florence Melita Susannah Gilbert in 1924.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 September 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 September 2020]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [01 September 2020]; Sun, 23 January 1919 (Papers Past) [20 December 2015]
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