Alfred James Augustus STEWART

STEWART, Alfred James Augustus

    Service Number: 1560
    Enlisted: 7 April 1915, Enlisted at Echuca
    Last Rank: Private
    Last Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
    Born: Echuca, Victoria, Australia, 1888
    Home Town: Mathoura, Murray Shire, New South Wales
    Schooling: Mathoura School, New South Wales
    Occupation: Labourer
    Died: Died of wounds - compund fracture of the skull, Tigne Hosptial, Malta, 26 December 1915
    Cemetery: Pieta Military Cemetery
    Plot C, Row 111, Grave 5 Rest dear noble father, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
    Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Mathoura War Memorial
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    World War 1 Service

    7 Apr 1915: Enlisted 1560, 24th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Echuca
    25 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 1560, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
    25 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 1560, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
    23 Nov 1915: Wounded AIF WW1, 1560, 24th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, Gunshot wound to the head fracturing his skull and shell wound to the knee. Invalided to Malta on 29 November 1915 aboard HS Gloucester Castle

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    Biography contributed by Carol Foster

    Son of Aflred and Elizabeth Stewart. Half brother of John Thain Ramsey who was killed in action on 16 September 1918 while serving with the 14th Field Company Engineers

    Husband of Elizabeth Jane Hammond formerly Stewart of 'Wallacedale', Carringtom Avenue, Aspendale, Victoria. Father of Lily Lorraine Stewart, Alfred James Stewart and Nancy Ellen Stewart

    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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