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STEWART, Charles
| Service Number: | 3467 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 July 1915, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Stawell, Victoria, Australia, 1897 |
| Home Town: | Dunkeld, Southern Grampians, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
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World War 1 Service
| 8 Jul 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3467, Enlisted at Hamilton, Victoria | |
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| 11 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 3467, 8th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 3467, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Adelaide | |
| 13 Sep 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 3467, Discharged 3 Military District |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
5 July 1915 - Parents signed note giving consent for Charles to serve overseas
19 September 1915 - Found guilty of damaging Government property and had 5/3d deducted from his pay
20 August 1916 - Wounded in action
8 September 1916 - Rejoined unit
11 September 1916 - Wounded in action, Shell shock
28 May 1917 - Promoted to Lance Corporal
2 October 1917 - Promoted to Corporal
9 March 1918 - Wounded in action, 3 occasion, wounds to the left hand
8 August 1918 - Wounded in action 4 occasion, slight and remainded on duty
2 September 1918 - Wounded in action
7 September 1918 - Invalided out to England
21 June 1919 - Returned to Australia on board Leicestershire
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal
21 July 1960 - Residential address was c/- of the Hallam Hotel, Hallam
RSL Information
3 June 1966 - Transferred from Essendon Sub branch, Victoria to Broken Hill Sub Branch; address 345 Cobalt Hill, Broken Hill NSW
Last known address was War Veterans Home, 55 Fergusson Avenue, Myrtle Bank SA