Robert George STUART

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STUART, Robert George

Service Number:	403
Enlisted:	14 May 1915, An original member of A Company
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Glenlivet, Banffshire, Scotland, 1898
Home Town:	Oakwood, Inverell, New South Wales
Schooling:	Chapeltown RC School, Scotland
Occupation:	Farm labourer
Died:	Died of Wounds, France, 18 November 1916
Cemetery:	Heilly Station Cemetery Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. 8.
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World War 1 Service

14 May 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 403, 19th Infantry Battalion, An original member of A Company
25 Jun 1915:	Involvement Private, 403, 19th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '13' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
25 Jun 1915:	Embarked Private, 403, 19th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

The son of James and Elspeth Stuart, of Easter Scalan, Glenlivet, Ballindalloch, Banffshire, Scotland. Robert came out to Australia when he was 17 years of age, during 1914.

His elder brother 242167 Private Charles Stuart 5th Battalion Gordon Highlanders, was killed in action 17 May 1917, age 34.

Both are remembered on a WW1 tablet memorial in the foyer of the Chapeltown of Glenlivet Roman Catholic Chapel, Scotland.

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