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STEWART, William John
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2451 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 June 1915, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clydebank, Scotland, United Kingdom, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bruce Rock, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Clydebank Public School, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row I, Grave 43 Chaplain T.G. Robertson officiated Headstone inscription reads: In memory of our dear son for God, King & Country, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock District WW1 Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock Memorial of Honour, Bruce Rock War Memorial |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 9 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2451, 11th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 25 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2451, 11th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2451, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Fremantle |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Arrived in Australia aged 19 years
Son of Andrew and Rhonda Stewart of, Wadderin, Bruce Rock, WA.
Brother of Henry James Stewart who was killed in action on 12 October 1917 while serving with the 39th Battalion and was buried in Tyne Cot Cemetery. Plot XX111, Row F, Grave 17
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Worked with the Clydebank Co-operative Society for five years
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