STEWART, Thomas Joseph
| Service Numbers: | 54980, 54980 |
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| Enlisted: | 25 March 1918 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 58th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia , 9 March 1899 |
| Home Town: | Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Compositor |
| Died: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 25 October 1985, aged 86 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Springvale Botanical Cemetery, Melbourne |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Mar 1918: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 54980, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements | |
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| 5 Jun 1918: | Involvement Private, 54980, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '20' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: RMS Orontes embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 5 Jun 1918: | Embarked Private, 54980, 1st to 17th (VIC) Reinforcements, RMS Orontes, Sydney | |
| 2 Dec 1918: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, France | |
| 22 Jul 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 54980, 58th Infantry Battalion, ex England on board HT Ulysses | |
| 17 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 54980, 58th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Private Thomas Joseph Stewart (Service No:54980) enlisted in the AF on 25 March 1918 and was attached to 1 to 17 (Vic) Reinforcements when he embarked from Sydney bound for Liverpool on board RMS Orontes on 5 June 1918. Private Stewart was in France when he was transferred to 58th Infantry Battalion on 2 December 1918. He embarked for Australia on 22 July 1919 on board HT Ulysses and was Discharged on 17 September 1919.
Born in 1899 in Melbourne Victoria, Tom was the fourth of seven children of John Kidd Stewart (b1861 in Ballarat, Victoria) and Martha Murphy (b1867 in Emerald, Victoria). John (a Bookbinder) and Martha married in 1887 in Melbourne, Victoria where they settled and raised their family. John worked as a Bookbinder until his death in 1923.
Tom started work in Melbourne in 1914 as an Apprentice Compositor for Mason Firth and McCutcheon, and served four years in Senior Cadets and one year in the Militia (Service No:46A) prior to enlisting in the AIF. He returned to work in Melbourne and was a Compositor in March 1921 when he enlisted in the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (ANMEF) as a Private (Service No:2046). He embarked from Sydney on 12 March 1921 for Rabaul on board the Siar, returning in August 1921 on board the Mataram and was Discharged on 30 August 1921.
In 1928 Tom was working as a Compositor in Melbourne when he married Betty Adelaide Madeline Frame (b1909 in Melbourne, Victoria). Tom and Betty settled in Melbourne where Tom worked as a Compositor. Betty died in 1976 and Tom in 1985.