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