| Service Number: | 459 |
|---|---|
| Rank: | Private |
| Age: | 22 |
| Religion: | C of E |
| Marriage status: | Single |
| Calling/trade: | Bank Official |
| Address: |
Care of Home Affairs Queenscliff Victoria Australia |
| Date joined: | 18/08/14 |
| *A.M.F. Unit: | |
| Regiment: | 5th Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation |
|
| Date: | 21/10/14 |
| From: | Melbourne |
| On number: | A3 |
| Name: | Orvieto |
| Nominal Roll No: | 23/22/1 |
| Division | C Company |
Next of Kin |
|
| Name: | F. A. Stringer |
| Relationship: | |
| Address: |
Care of Home Affairs Queenscliff Victoria Australia |
| Before Embarkation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rate per Diem | Date to which paid | ||
| S | D | S | D |
| 5 | 0 | 20/10/14 | |
| After Embarkation | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daily rate, excluding Deferred pay | Allotment in Australia per Diem | Not Rate, not including Allowances or Deferred pay | |||
| S | D | S | D | S | D |
| 5 | 0 | - | 5 | 0 | |
| Daily Rate of Deferred Pay, only Inssuable on Completion of Service with Expeditionary Force | |
|---|---|
| S | D |
| 1 | 0 |
Leanne Scott shares the story of Alfred Stanley Stringer, her mother’s uncle. Alfred Stanley Stringer, 2nd Lieutenant 5th Battalion, enlisted on 18 August 1914. He boarded the Orvieto on 21 October 1914. Before enlisting in the army, Alfred Stanley Stringer was a bank official. He made daily entries into a diary from the earliest days [...]
