STEWART, Henry James
| Service Number: | 2894 |
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| Enlisted: | 14 March 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 39th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Clydebank, Dunbartonshire, Scotland, January 1887 |
| Home Town: | Wadderin Hill, Narembeen, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Clydebank Public School, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Plot XXIII, Row F, Grave No. 17. IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DEAR SON FOR GOD, KING & COUNTRY |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Bruce Rock District WW1 Roll of Honour, Kings Park Western Australia State War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Mar 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2894, 39th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 29 Dec 1916: | Involvement Private, 2894, 39th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: '' | |
| 29 Dec 1916: | Embarked Private, 2894, 39th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Persic, Fremantle |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Henry James Stewart was known as ‘Harry’ to his family and friends. He was the son of Andrew and Rhoda Stewart, of Wadderin, Bruce Rock, Western Australia, and had been born at Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland. He came out to Australia when he was about 21 years of age in 1908.
His younger brother, 2451 Pte. William John Stewart 11th Battalion AIF had been killed in action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli on 6 August 1915, aged 23.
Another younger brother, 3272 Pte. Albert Alexander George Stewart 28th Battalion AIF, was severely wounded in the right thigh at Pozieres in 1916 and returned to Australia in 1917.
Harry Stewart enlisted at Blackboy Hill, Western Australia, during April 1916, but for whatever reason was assigned to the 39th Battalion, which was essentially a Victorian unit. He joined the unit in Belgium on 1 September 1917 and was reported missing during the bloody battle for Passchendaele on 12 October 1917. No real information as to his fate was ever discovered, one assumes he was killed by the terrible shell fire. His remains were discovered in 1921, identified by the presence of his disc, and interred in the Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium.
He left a will in favour of his mother, Rhoda Stewart.