STEWART, George
| Service Number: | 6392 |
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| Enlisted: | 6 November 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 25th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Benowna, Queensland, Australia, 4 November 1892 |
| Home Town: | Ormeau, Gold Coast, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Ormeau State School, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Agriculturist |
| Died: | Killed in action, France, 17 July 1918, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Crucifix Corner Cemetery Plot V, Row B, Grave No. 10. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Pimpama & Ormeau War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 6 Nov 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6392, 25th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 23 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 6392, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Demosthenes embarkation_ship_number: A64 public_note: '' | |
| 23 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 6392, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Demosthenes, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George Stewart was the youngest of three brothers from Ormeau, near the Gold Coast in Queensland, who died with the AIF during WW1.
George fought in France from August 1917. He was killed in action during an advance by the 25th Battalion near Villiers Bretonneux.
His older brother, 1611 Pte. Robert Stewart, 15th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps, had died of wounds on 9 October 1917, aged 32. Another older brother, 2442A Pte. William Stewart 9th Battalion AIF, was killed in action only three weeks later on 1 November 1917, aged 30. They were all the sons of Robert and Jane Ann Stewart, of Ormeau, Queensland.
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