STEWART, Herbert
| Service Number: | 1346 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 July 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 12th Light Horse Regiment |
| Born: | New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 19 March 1889 |
| Home Town: | Adamstown, Newcastle, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | New Lambton Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | ironworker |
| Died: | Adamstown, New South Wales, Australia, 6 December 1940, aged 51 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) F SE. 27. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1346, 12th Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 21 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 1346, 12th Light Horse Regiment, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: SS Hawkes Bay embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 21 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 1346, 12th Light Horse Regiment, SS Hawkes Bay, Sydney | |
| 29 Oct 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 1346, 12th Light Horse Regiment, 2nd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
84 years ago today, on the Saturday afternoon of the 7th December 1940, Private Herbert J Stewart, 12th Australian Light Horse Regiment (Reg No-1346), ironworker from Thomas Street, Adamstown, New South Wales and 25 Morgan Street, Adamstown, N.S.W., father of four (Eileen, Joyce, Hedley, Jack), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 51. METHODIST 1 (WESLEYAN) F SE. 27.
Born at New Lambton, New South Wales on the 19th March 1889 to John and Margaret Stewart; husband of Beatrice Stewart nee Thompson, married 6.8.1915, New Lambton, N.S.W., remarried?, died?, Herb enlisted on the 18th July 1915 at Liverpool. N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT SS Hawkes Bay on the 21st October 1915.
Admitted to hospital 26.1.1916 (dental trouble, mild), 28.9.1918 (diarrhoea).
Commenced return to Australia 20.7.1919.
Herb arrived home on the 28th August 1919, being discharged on the 28th October 1919.
Mr. Stewart’s name has been inscribed on the New Lambton Public School Roll of Honour, New Lambton War Memorial Gates and the Lambton and New Lambton Municipal District Roll of Honor. Name not inscribed on the Adamstown Citizens' Memorial or the Adamstown Methodist Church Honour Roll. Name possibly inscribed on the Adamstown Municipal District Roll of Honor. A member of the Independent Order of Rechabites, Evening Star Tent, No-71.
I have placed poppies at Herb’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
There is no name on the headstone plaque so I will erect a wooden cross.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered“.
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/.
Lest We Forget.
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