STEWART, John McDougall
| Service Number: | 131 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Ambulance |
| Born: | Norwich, England, 1884 |
| Home Town: | Marlo, East Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 23 April 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, France III B 2, Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bairnsdale St. John's Anglican Church Memorial Window |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Dec 1914: | Involvement Private, 131, 1st Australian General Hospital, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '23' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: '' | |
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| 5 Dec 1914: | Embarked Private, 131, 1st Australian General Hospital, HMAT Kyarra, Melbourne | |
| 23 Apr 1918: | Involvement Sergeant, 131, 2nd Field Ambulance, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 131 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Field Ambulance awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-04-23 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
Sergeant John McDougall Stewart. D.C.M., son of Mr and Mrs S. P. Stewart. of Marlo, East Gippsland (late of Warwickshire, England) is reported killed in action in France on April 23. Sergeant Stewart volunteered for the Light Horse in September 1914, was three times rejected, but was ultimately accepted for the Army Medical Corps. He was in Egypt about two years, and was then sent to France. He twice applied for leave to join the firing line, but was refused. Then a call
came for stretcher-bearers, for which he volunteered. He was slightly wounded twice, gassed once, was mentioned in despatches and
awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal far conspicuous gallantly in the field.
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