STEWART, Selby Albert Shepherd
| Service Number: | 345 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia , 4 May 1894 |
| Home Town: | Annandale, Leichhardt, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tram Cleaner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 25 April 1915, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey Panel 15 |
| Memorials: | Annandale War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Haymarket NSW Government Railway and Tramway Honour Board, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 345, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 345, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney |
Help us honour Selby Albert Shepherd Stewart's service by contributing information, stories, and images so that they can be preserved for future generations.
Add my storyBiography contributed by John Oakes
Selby Albert Shepherd STEWART (Service Number 345) was born in Goulburn on 4th May 1894. He served an apprenticeship with a firm of joiners in Rozelle. In October 1912 he joined the Tramways as a cleaner at the Rozelle depot. In May 1915 he transferred to the Sydney depot. In August 1914 he was released from duty to enlist in the AIF in Sydney.
One of the original members of the 1st Battalion, AIF, he was embarked from Sydney for the Middle East in October 1914. In April 1915 he was sent to the Dardanelles. He was killed in action at the landing at Gallipoli on 25th April 1915. Several reports made later to the Red Cross agree that he was hit on the head by a shell and died instantly.
He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Lone Pine Memorial. He was also commemorated by a ‘litany desk’ in St Aidan’s Church of England, Annandale. It is inscribed with his and other names. A personal notice was inserted in the Sydney newspapers by Florence Wilson:
‘in loving remembrance of Private Selby Stewart, aged 21 years, killed in action at the Dardanelles, a former member of my Bible class at St Aidan’s, Annandale.’
Ms Wilson also remembered several other former members of her class, also deceased soldiers, by similar notices, inserted to mark their deaths.
- based on the Australian War Memorial Honour Roll and notes for the Great Sydney Central Station Honour Board.
Click images to start slideshow.