STEWART, George
| Service Number: | 2978 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 September 1916, Served for 13 years in the British Army, including service in the South African War. |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 46th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Belfast, Ireland, 14 May 1879 |
| Home Town: | Hamilton, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | labourer (Hamilton Loco Sheds) |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 1 October 1917, aged 38 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" The Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 27), Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Sep 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2978, 46th Infantry Battalion, Served for 13 years in the British Army, including service in the South African War. | |
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| 17 Nov 1916: | Involvement Private, 2978, 46th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Port Napier embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 17 Nov 1916: | Embarked Private, 2978, 46th Infantry Battalion, SS Port Napier, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Let us remember a Fallen soldier of The Great War awaiting memorialisation at Sandgate Cemetery.
On the 1st October 1917, Private George Stewart, 46th Battalion (Reg No-2978), labourer (Hamilton Loco Sheds), from 13 Gosford Road, Hamilton West, (Adamstown, Broadmeadow) New South Wales, father of one? (Step-daughter Edith Young, Hamilton West, N.S.W.), was Killed in Action by an enemy artillery shell, Battle of Polygon Wood, Passchendaele Campaign, age 38.
Born at Belfast, Ireland on the 14th May 1879 to George and Martha Stewart; husband of Martha Maria Stewart nee Edgar (married 1911, Hamilton, N.S.W., died 19.10.1939, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 72, 22 years a widow), from 11a Gosford Road, Hamilton West, New South Wales, George enlisted on the 7th September 1915 with the 30th Battalion Depot at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Discharged medically unfit, hernia.
Re-enlisted on the 25th September 1916 with the 36th Training Battalion at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Proceeded to join 46th Battalion 5.10.1916.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board SS Port Napier on the 17th November 1916.
Admitted to hospital 11.8.1917 (scabies).
Proceeded on leave to France from 5.9.1917 to 16.9.1917.
Mr. Stewart’s name has been inscribed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial (Panel 27), Belgium.
Place of Association – Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia.
George’s name has also been inscribed on the Hamilton (Gregson Park) War Memorial, Hamilton Loco Employees Roll of Honour as G. STEWARD and the NSW Govt Railways and Tramways Roll of Honour, 1914-1919. Name not inscribed on the Hamilton Municipal District Roll of Honor.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription at the gravesite of Martha Maria Stewart to tell us of the loss of her husband during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies in remembrance of George’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. METHODIST 4-10. 37.
Served for 13 years in the British Army, including service in the South African War.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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