STEWART, Harry
| Service Number: | 2434 |
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| Enlisted: | 24 April 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 5th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Gawler, South Australia, 15 June 1889 |
| Home Town: | Gawler, Gawler, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Gawler Public School, South Australia |
| Occupation: | Carpenter |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 11 April 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gawler Council Gawler Men Who Answered the Call WW1 Roll of Honor, Gawler Loyal Gawler Lodge I.O.O.F. M.U. WW1 Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
World War 1 Service
| 24 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1 | |
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| 21 Sep 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2434, 5th Pioneer Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Commonwealth embarkation_ship_number: A73 public_note: '' | |
| 21 Sep 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2434, 5th Pioneer Battalion, HMAT Commonwealth, Adelaide |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide Botanic High School
Harry Stewart was born 1889 June 15th in Gawler, South Australia. He grew up with his Mum Charlotte Stewart. On his enlistment paper he wrote his mum Mrs charlotte Stewart as his next of kin. He attended primary school at Gawler Public School South Australia. After school Stewart worked as a carpenter prior to the war. Harry Stewart had dark brown hair, blue eyes, medium complexion and was 5 feet 3/12 inches in height and weighing 116 pounds.
He embarked on the 6th of May 1916. At the age of 27 on the 31 -12 -1916 he proceeded overseas to France. On January 1st, 1917, he came in France to serve on the Western Front. He was a part of the 5th Pioneer Battalion. A few days later on January 6th, 1917. Unfortunately, on the 3rd of February 1917 he was admitted to general hospital for mumps which was a common cause of illness during the war.
He joined depot ex hospital on the 17th of February 1917. After leaving the hospital he marched out on the 3rd of March 1917 with the 5th Pioneer Battalion. While battling on the 11th of April in 1917 in the Western Front in France, he was killed in action while fighting with a bullet to the body. He is commemorated at the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial in France.
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