STUART, Roland Hamilton
| Service Number: | 2163 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 30th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 23 April 1881 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Adamstown Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Boilermaker's labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 20 July 1916, aged 35 years |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row K, Grave No. 43 |
| Memorials: | Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 20 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2163, 30th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Feb 1916: | Involvement Private, 2163, 30th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '16' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Feb 1916: | Embarked Private, 2163, 30th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Sydney | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement 30th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix) |
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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 20th July 1916, Private Roland Hamilton Stuart, 30th Battalion (Reg No-2163), boilermaker's assistant (Morison & Bearby Limited), from 21 Thomas Street, Adamstown, New South Wales, was Killed in Action during the Battle of Fromelles, age 35 years 3 months. Cause of death unknown.
No Australian Red Cross Wounded and Missing File.
Born at Adamstown, New South Wales on the 23rd April 1881 to James (died 23.7.1920, Adamstown, N.S.W., age 81, name not inscribed on headstone plaque), and Sarah Elizabeth Stuart (died 14.5.1941, Hamilton, N.S.W., age 88) from 21 Thomas Street, Adamstown, New South Wales, Roland enlisted on the 20th September 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A70 Ballarat on the 16th February 1916.
Disembarked Marseilles, France 23.6.1916.
27 days in the field.
A letter of sympathy from Adamstown Council (see link) to be sent to Roland's parents, also the parents of William Love, 30th Battalion (Reg No-461), DOW 12.7.1916, age 23, resting at Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Plot II Row E Grave 42, memorialised at the Love gravesite - PRESBYTERIAN-16NW. 84, and to the father of Thomas Easton, 30th Battalion (Reg No-2026), KIA 20.7.1916, age 27, name inscribed on the VC Corner Australian Cemetery and Memorial, Fromelles, France, Memorial No 2, awaiting memorialisation at his father's gravesite - PRESBYTERIAN-8NW. 73.
Mr. Stuart is resting at Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, France. Plot I Row K Grave 43.
Place of Association – Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia.
Roland’s name has been inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial, Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor, Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll, Adamstown St. Stephen's Church of England Roll of Honour and the Petersham Fort Street High School Great War Honour Roll. Name not inscribed on the Morison & Bearby Limited Roll of Honour.
Unfortunately, there is no memorial inscription on the Stuart headstone plaque to tell us of the loss of their son during The Great War, and I am unable to erect a Memorial cross, so I have placed poppies at the gravesite in remembrance of Roland’s service and supreme sacrifice for God, King & Country. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) D SW. 46.
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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