STEWART, George Victor
| Service Number: | 3990 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 13th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Picton, New South Wales, Australia, 23 May 1889 |
| Home Town: | Hurstville, Kogarah, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Locomotive Fireman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 4 February 1917, aged 27 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Hurstville War Memorial, Municipality of Hurstville Pictorial Honour Roll No 1, Sutherland WW1 Memorial Wall, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 13th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3990, 13th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3990, 13th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 13 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3990, 13th Infantry Battalion, Hospitalized for two weeks. Sent to Convalescent Depot in Boulogne. Discharged for base duties in September. Rejoined his Battalion on 24th September. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
George Victor STEWART (Service Number 3990) was born on 23rd May 1889 in Picton. He joined the NSW Government Railways as a cleaner (first step on the career path of an engineman) at Eveleigh locomotive depot in August 1907. He was promoted to fireman in October 1911. In August 1915, together with his younger brother David, who was also a railwayman, he enlisted in the AIF at Holdsworthy. He was allotted to the 12th Reinforcements of the 13th Battalion.
They were embarked from Sydney in December 1915, landed in Egypt, and ‘taken on strength’ by the 13th Battalion in March 1916 at Tel-el-Kebir. The same month, however, George was admitted to hospital for treatment of venereal disease. He did not re-join his unit until April. In June, he was sent to France. On 13th August 1916, he was wounded in action, hospitalised for two weeks, and then sent to a convalescent depot in Boulogne. He was discharged to base duties in September and re-joined his Battalion on 24th September. In November, he was an hour late for parade and was punished with seven days Field Punihment No. 2 and forfeited seven days’ pay.
On 4th February 1917 he was killed in action. He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Villers-Bretonneux Memorial.
His brother David had been severely wounded in action (gunshot wound right thigh) on 29th August 1916. After five months in the No. 3 London General Hospital, Wandsworth, David was invalided back to Australia, and discharged unfit for further service in June 1917.
David was granted a war pension, and pensions in respect of both brothers were granted to their mother.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
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