STRIBLING, Arthur Clifford
| Service Number: | 2731 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 19 July 1916, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Tarlee, South Australia, Australia , 4 February 1890 |
| Home Town: | Tarlee, Clare and Gilbert Valleys, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Stockport Public School , South Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Villers-Bretonneux, France, 25 April 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Blangy-Tronville Communal Cemetery Plot 22 |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Adelaide The 50th Battalion Commemorative Cross, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Stockport Soldiers' Memorial Arch , Tarlee & District Roll of Honor WW1, Tarlee War Memorial |
Biography contributed by John Edwards
"...2731 Private Arthur Clifford Stribling, 50th Battalion. A farmer from Tarlee, South Australia, prior to enlistment, he embarked with the 6th Reinforcements from Adelaide on 23 October 1916 aboard HMAT Port Melbourne (A16) for Devonport, England. He was hospitalised with illness for eight weeks and did not join his battalion on the Western Front near Ploegsteert, Belgium until mid-July 1917. He was hospitalised with a foot injury for eight weeks from January to March 1918 and rejoined his battalion near Arras in late March 1918. Pte Stribling was wounded in action near Villers-Bretonneux on 25 April 1918 and died of these wounds later that day. He was aged 28 years." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
Biography contributed by Stan Woods
It was announced in September 2017 that the school in Blangy Tronville was to be renamed in honour of Arthur Clifford (Cliff) Stribling, a South Australian soldier interred, with fifteen other Australians, in the cemetery at Blangy-Tronville. He was chosen not for any particular deed or feat of arms, but because he represents so many Australians who fought to defend France, and also because he received his fatal injuries near Blangy-Tronville on Anzac Day, 1918.
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