STUART, Ronald Hugh
| Service Number: | 255 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 June 1915, Newcastle, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | Siege Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Bulladelah, NSW, 1894 |
| Home Town: | Newcastle, Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Fort Street High School, Hawkesbury Agricultural College |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, Arras, France, 27 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez XV G 3 |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 255, Siege Artillery Brigade, Newcastle, NSW | |
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| 17 Jul 1915: | Involvement Gunner, 255, Siege Artillery Brigade, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Jul 1915: | Embarked Gunner, 255, Siege Artillery Brigade, HMAT Orsova, Melbourne |
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Son of William Hodge and Amelia McKay STUART
Grand nephew of John McDouall Stuart the famous South Australian Explorer who crossed Australia from Adelaide to Van Diemen's Gulf in 1861-62.
PRIVATE RONALD STUART.—Mrs. Main, widow o f the late Rev. J. T. Main, of the Presbyterian Church, has received information that her son, Private Ronald Stuart, aged 22 years, was killed in action on April 27. He was well known in the town and district of Richmond. He was educated at Fort Street, and at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, after which he spent two years on his uncle’s plantation in the New Hebrides, from which he returned in order to enlist. He fought both on Gallipoli and in France.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF RONALD FROM ALL NEAR AND DEAR TO HIM
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