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John STEWART

Regimental number472
Place of birthKintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
SchoolH.G. Public School, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia25
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationNaval policeman
AddressSpectacle Island, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Stewart, New Street, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Enlistment date15 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAnzac Cyclist Battalion, Reinforcement 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number12/1/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A18 Wiltshire on 22 August 1916
Regimental number from Nominal Roll472A
Rank from Nominal RollLance Corporal
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of disease 18 November 1918
Place of death or woundingDied at the Military Hospital, Namur, Belgium while a prisoner of war.
Age at death30
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialBelgrade Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No. I), Namur, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
176
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Annie STEWART, 23 Smithfield, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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