STEWART, William John
| 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, 23 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Bruce Rock, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Clydebank Public School, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Storekeeper |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 6 August 1915, aged 17 years |
| 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, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock District WW1 Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock Memorial of Honour, Bruce Rock War Memorial, Fremantle Scots Church Honour Roll, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
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 |
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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
Biography contributed by Helen Harmer
William John Stewart was born in Clydebank, Scotland on the 23.8.1897. The Stewarts arrived in Australia from Scotland when William was 19 and they moved to Wadderin, via Bruce Rock, where he worked as a storekeeper. His denomination was Church of England and he was described as being 5 feet 8 inches tall, with a chest measurement of 33 – 35 inches, dark complexion, grey eyes and dark brown hair. Next of kin was his father, Andrew and his mother was Rhoda, née Bennett. William enlisted, aged 23 years 10 months on the 9.6.1915 at Blackboy Hill and was a Private, Service number 2451, with the 11th Infantry Battalion D Company. William embarked on HMT Berrima to the Dardanelles on the 1.8.15 and died a week later at Gallipoli. He was buried at Shell Green, Plot 2, Row 1 Grave 43. His brother, Henry James Stewart Service Number 2894, died in Belgium on the 12.10.1917.
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