STEWART, Ernest
| Service Number: | 3924 |
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| Enlisted: | 22 June 1917 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) |
| Born: | Fremantle, Western Australia , 26 January 1890 |
| Home Town: | Subiaco, Nedlands, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Railway employee |
| Died: | SWs face, arm & back + Septicaemia, Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom, 12 May 1918, aged 28 years |
| Cemetery: |
Portsdown (Christ Church) Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England Row B, Grave No. 13A, Po |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Subiaco Fallen Soldiers Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Jun 1917: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3924, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1) | |
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| 25 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3924, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), Villers-Bretonneux, SW face, leg and back DOW England | |
| 12 May 1918: | Involvement Private, 3924, 51st Infantry Battalion (WW1), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3924 awm_unit: 51 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-05-12 |
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The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland
Died on this date – 12th May…… Private Ernest Stewart was born at King William Street, Fremantle, Western Australia on 26th January, 1890. His father died on 2nd July, 1903.
Ernest Stewart enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) on 29th June, 1917 as a 27 year old, single, Railway Employee from Subiaco, Western Australia.
On 30th October, 1917 Private Ernest Stewart, Service number 3924, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Aeneas (A60) with the 11th Reinforcements of the 51st Infantry Battalion & disembarked at Devonport, England on 27th December, 1917.
Reinforcements were only given basic training in Australia. Training was completed in training units in England. Some of these were located in the Salisbury Plain & surrounding areas in the county of Wiltshire.
He was marched in from Australia to 13th Training Battalion at Codford, Wiltshire on 27th December, 1917.
On 1st April, 1918 Private Stewart proceeded overseas to France via Dover from Codford. He was marched in to 4th M.D.B.D. (Medical Base Depot) at Calais, France on 1st April, 1918 & proceeded to join his Unit on 4th April, 1918. Private Stewart was taken on strength of 51st Battalion in the field on 6th April, 1918.
Private Ernest Stewart was wounded in action on 25th April, 1918. He was admitted to 25th Field Ambulance on 26th April, 1918 with shrapnel wounds to face, arm & back. Private Stewart was transferred the same day to 55th Casualty Clearing Station then transferred & admitted to 9th General Hospital at Rouen, France on 28th April, 1918. Private Stewart embarked for England on Hospital Ship Grantully Castle on 30th April, 1918.
He was admitted to Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Hampshire, England on 1st May, 1918 with multiple gunshot wounds & was listed as dangerously ill.
Private Ernest Stewart died at 8.10 pm on 12th May, 1918 at Alexandra Hospital, Cosham, Hampshire, England from wounds received in action in France & Septicaemia.
He was buried in Christ Church Military Cemetery, Portsdown, Hampshire, England where 5 other WW1 Australian Soldiers are laid to rest.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/portsdown.html
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