STEWART, William Magnus
| Service Number: | 2421 |
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| Enlisted: | 2 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 44th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Naracoorte, South Australia, 11 April 1876 |
| Home Town: | Pingelly, Pingelly, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Neuarpurr State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Farm Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 8 June 1917, aged 41 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Pingelly Marwonga Honour Roll, Pingelly Memorial Rotunda |
World War 1 Service
| 2 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2421, 44th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 13 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2421, 44th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Macquarie embarkation_ship_number: A39 public_note: '' | |
| 13 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2421, 44th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Port Macquarie, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Son of Mrs. M. A. Biggin (formerly Stewart), of Pingelly, Western Australia, and the late Magnus Stewart. William’s father died in Naracoorte, South Australia, when he was only four years of age.
His brother John Alexander Stewart served with the 8th Battalion Australian Commonwealth Horse, during the Boer War.
William had a half-brother who also died in 1916. His mother remarried a Henry Biggin and she had another eight children. One of these was 150 Pte. Hugh Richard Biggin 11th Battalion AIF, killed in action at Pozieres 20 August 1916, age 25.
William (Bill) Magnus Stewart was killed instantly by a German sniper at Messines, age 41. He was buried where he fell in an unmarked grave, by a Reverend, and its exact location was lost.
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