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Henry James STEWART

Regimental number2894
Place of birthClydebank, Scotland
Place of birthClydebank, Glasgow, Scotland
SchoolClydebank Public School, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia21
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressWaddering via Bruce Rock, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinFather, Andrew Stewart, Waddering via Bruce Rock, Western Australia
Enlistment date14 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A34 Persic on 29 December 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death31
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXIII, Row F, Grave No. 17), Passchendaele, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Rhoda STEWART, Wadderin, Bruce Rock, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother William John Stewart killed at Lone Pine.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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