William John STEWART

Regimental number2832
Place of birthDundalk, Ireland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStriker
AddressPlympton, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation18
Height5' 5.75"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Stewart, Plympton PO, Plympton, South Australia
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in the Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date29 March 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll29 February 1916
Place of enlistmentAdelaide, South Australia
Rank on enlistmentSapper
Unit nameMining Corps Reinforcements 1 - 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number16/7/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 4 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSapper
Unit from Nominal Roll2nd Tunnelling Company
FateReturned to Australia 7 July 1919
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Jones spelt John
Discharge date21 November 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Marched into Base Depot, Etaples, France, 1 June 1916.

Attached for duty to 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, 25 June 1916.

Taken on strength, 2nd Tunnelling Company, 29 September 1916.

Admitted to 26th Casualty Clearing Station, 7 February 1917 (influenza); transferred to Ambulance Train No 26, 9 February 1917; embarked for England, 13 February 1917; admitted to Norfolk War Hospital, 14 February 1917; discharged on furlough, 2 March 1917, to report to No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 17 March 1917.

Marched into No 1 Command Depot, Perham Downs, 19 March 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 14 April 1917; marched into Australian General Base Depot, 15 April 1917; marched out to 1st Anzac Entrenching Bn, 21 April 1917; marched into 1st Anzac Entrenching Bn, 21 April 1917.

Proceeded to join unit, 1 May 1917; rejoined unit, 5 May 1917.

Proceeded on leave to United Kingdom, 22 January 1918; rejoined unit, 6 February 1918.

Wounded in action, France, 7 March 1918 (gassed); admitted to 149th Field Ambulance, 7 March 1918; transferred to 2nd Canadian General Hospital, Wimereux, 10 March 1918; to No 3 Convalescent Depot, Treport, 20 March 1918; discharged to Base Depot, 31 March 1918; marched into Australian General Base Depot, Rouelles, 1 April 1918; rejoined unit, 19 April 1918.

Proceeded on leave, 22 January 1919; rejoined unit, 28 February 1919 (overstayed).

Found guilty, 3 March 1919, of being absent without leave from 6 am, 12 February 1919, to 6 am, 23 February 1919: awarded 11 days’ Field Punishment No 2; forfeited a total of 22 days’ pay.

To Hospital, 13 April 1919 (sick); admitted to B Division Australian Field Ambulance, 14 April 1919 (pleurodynia); transferred to 20th Casualty Clearing Station, 14 April 1919; discharged to duty, 18 April 1919; rejoined unit, 19 April 1919.

Marched out to Base for return to Australia, 10 May 1919; embarked France, 16 May 1919; disembarked Southampton, England, 17 May 1919.

Commenced return to Australia, from England, on board HT ‘Chemnitz’, 7 July 1919; disembarked Adelaide, 2 Sept 1919; discharged, 21 November 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsName recorded incorrectly on Embarkation Roll as William Jones STEWART.
SourcesNAA: B2455, STEWART William John