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Harold Alexander STEWART

Regimental number4890
Place of birthFitzroy, Victoria
SchoolRathdown St State School, Carlton, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSoldier
AddressNorth Fitzroy, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Jane Stewart, 'Brickley' 135 McKean Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed as Sergeant in Junior and Senior Volunteer Cadets and Sergeant in the Compulsory Training Scheme.
Enlistment date16 February 1917
Rank on enlistmentSergeant
Unit name29th Battalion, 13th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/46/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A29 Suevic on 21 June 1917
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll29th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 29 July 1918
Place of death or woundingMorlancourt, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialMericourt L'Abbe Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row F, Grave No. 16), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
116
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Lindsay and Sarah Jean STEWART, 135 McKean Street, North Fitzroy, Victoria. Native of Melbourne, Victoria
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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