Roll of Honour 2023

P AGE 260

W ORLD W AR II

S T . E DWARD ’ S S CHOOL , O XFORD R OLL OF H ONOUR

Name MARIO TOBIAS STERNBURG (LATER SORREL)

Lef SES 1939

Roll Number 3384 Died 09:07:1944

Set / House A

Arrive SES 1939

Where VIRE-ET-TAUT CANAL, NORMD’Y Serving with 30TH DIV, 120TH INFANTRY US ARMY

Age 19

Buried Normandy American Cemetery Remembered The Normandy American Memorial, Basse Normandy, France and The St. Edward’s School WW2 Memorial

Born 1925 Zagrebacka, Croatia, he was only at SES for two terms, entirely due to the outbreak of war. He had returned to Croatia for a holiday and was there when the war was declared and managed, after some difficulty, to reach the USA with his family, where they eventually became citizens. He joined the US Army as a Cadet around 1942 and was attached to the 30th Division, 120th Infantry and was eventually included in the invasion of Europe and Day. It is thought that he survived the landings on Omaha Beach and was killed on D Day + 2 during an action at Vire-et-Taut Canal Basse, Normandy, France ‘He was an interesting and promising boy whose life was cut short at a very early age’ (Chronicle).