Regimental number | 687 |
Place of birth | Risdon, Tasmania |
School | Risdon State School, Tasmania |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Stone cutter |
Address | Lindisfarne, Tasmania |
Marital status | Married |
Age at embarkation | 41 |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Violet Stewart, Main Road, Lindisfarne, Tasmania |
Previous military service | He had done over 2 years Military Training. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 40th Battalion, C Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/57/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Hobart, Tasmania, on board HMAT A35 Berrima on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Private |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 40th Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Messines, Belgium |
Age at death | 42 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 42 |
Place of burial | Messines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 7), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 33 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: William and Sophia STEWART; husbnad of Violet E.C. STEWART, Lindisfarm Road, Bellerive, Tasmania. Native of Grass Tree Hill, Risdon, Tasmania |
Family/military connections | He had two nephews at the war one was killed and the other won Military Medal. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |