Daniel Alexander STEWART

STEWART, Daniel Alexander

Service Numbers: Not yet discovered
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Not yet discovered
Last Unit: Not yet discovered
Born: Mount Perry, Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Degilbo, North Burnett, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Stockman
Died: Measles and pneumonia, Details Hospital, Enoggera, Queensland, Australia, 3 August 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Degilbo Cemetery, Queensland
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Biography contributed by Ian Lang

STEWART Daniel Alexander  11th Depot Battalion
 
Dan Stewart was born at Mount Perry, North Burnett. When Dan presented himself for enlistment in Maryborough on 7th June 1916, he stated he was a stockman of Degilbo, aged 30. Dan travelled to Enoggera one month later and was placed into the 11th Depot Battalion at Fraser’s Hill Camp. He contracted measles which then turned into pneumonia. Daniel Stewart died in the Details Hospital at Enoggera on 3rd August; one day later than George Dick from Dallarnil who died from the same cause. Dan’s mother had her son’s body transported to Degilbo where he was buried in the Degilbo Cemetery.

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