Leslie Stanley STEWART

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STEWART, Leslie Stanley

Service Number:	2188
Enlisted:	17 April 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Abbotsford, Victoria, 4 June 1897
Home Town:	St Kilda East, Port Phillip, Victoria
Schooling:	East St Kilda Christian Brothers
Occupation:	Driver
Died:	Died of wounds (received at Gallipoli), At Sea (aboard HS Devanha), Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 9 August 1915, aged 18 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing

World War 1 Service

17 Apr 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Melbourne, Victoria
17 Jun 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2188, 7th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Wandilla embarkation_ship_number: A62 public_note: ''
17 Jun 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2188, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Wandilla, Melbourne
9 Aug 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2188, ANZAC / Gallipoli

David William Bishop's Cousin

My Great- Great Grandfather PTE David W Bishop. No 1657, 23 Batt 1st AIF

Writes about Private Stewart in his war diary. He Writes "| enlisted May 15th 1915 Sworn in as an Infantryman in the Comm.
Expeditionary Forces. Was in camp for almost 2 weeks at Broadmeadows,
Afterwards went to Seymour Camp - was in the Advance Party and here we had our training. | scored four bulls and an outer out of 5 shotS at 300 yardsrange. I trained every night and many days whilst in camp - was placed in Coy as second reinforcements to 23rd Bat. who were 3 months ahead of us. Saw Cousins Les and Frank Stewart frequently. Les was 6th reinforcements to 7th Batt. l was on the roadside and saw Les (the last time) as he marched by to
embark."

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