STEWART, Pentylyn Charles
| Service Number: | 12003 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 25 August 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1 February 1897 |
| Home Town: | Hobart, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | State School, Glenorchy, Tasmania, Australia |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Chronic Nasal Multisinatis, Necrosis Cribiform Plate, Left Cerebral Frontal Abscess & Septic Meningitis, Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England , 15 April 1917, aged 20 years |
| Cemetery: |
Arnos Vale Cemetery and Crematorium, Bristol, England His name is remembered on the CWGC Screen Wall & he has a flat Memorial Stone. Cemetery/Memorial reference Screen Wall 6. 706. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 25 Aug 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 12003, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column | |
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| 28 Jan 1916: | Involvement Gunner, 12003, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: '' | |
| 28 Jan 1916: | Embarked Gunner, 12003, 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne | |
| 16 Jun 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
Dvr Pentzlyn Charles Stewart
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK
Died on this date - 15th April........Dvr Pentzlyn Charles Stewart was born at Hobart, Tasmania in 1897. He enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force on 25th August, 1915 as an 18 year old Butcher from South Geelong, Victoria.
Gunner Stewart arrived at Cairo on 29th February, 1916 & proceeded to France on 4th April, 1916. He was mustered as Driver on 2nd October, 1916.
Driver Stewart was sent sick to Hospital on 17th December, 1917 & transferred to England on Hospital Ship Western Australia. He was admitted to Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England on 29th January, 1917. He was reported as seriously ill on 13th April, 1917.
Driver Pentzlyn Charles Stewart died at 11.35 pm on 15th April, 1917 at Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England from Chronic Nasal Multisinatis, Necrosis Cribiform Plate, Left Cerebral Frontal Abscess & Septic Meningitis. He was buried in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England where 21 other WW1 Australians are buried.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/arnos-vale.html
Submitted 15 April 2020 by Evan Evans
Biography contributed by Cathy Sedgwick
The summary below was completed by Cathy Sedgwick (OAM) – Facebook “WW1 Australian War Graves in England/UK/Scotland/Ireland”
[Note: the different spellings of the Christian name – listed as Pentylyn by CWGC, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour & Australian Red Cross Wounded & Missing file; listed as Pentzlyn by Australian War Memorial Embarkation Roll & by information provided for the Roll of Honour by next of kin (?) & Application to Enlist in the Australian Imperial Force completed & signed by Pentzlyn Charles Stewart]
Pentzlin Charles George Manley Stewart (name as listed on 1897/1898 Births in the district of Hobart) was born on 1st February, 1897 at Foster Street, New Town, Hobart, Tasmania to parents George Allan & Ethel Anne Stewart (nee McGuire).
George Allan Stewart, father of Pentzlyn Charles Stewart, died on 12th May, 1898 in Hobart, Tasmania of Typhoid.
On 25th August, 1915 Pentzlyn Charles Stewart enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (A.I.F.) as an 18 year old, single, Butcher from 32 Fyans Street, South Geelong, Victoria.
Gunner Pentzlyn Charles Stewart, Service number 12003, embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on HMAT Themistocles (A32) on 28th January, 1916 with the 1st Divisional Ammunition Column, 14th Reinforcements.
He was taken on strength of D.A.C. (Divisional Ammunition Column) from Reinforcements on 29th February, 1916 at Cairo & was posted to No. 2 Section.
On 29th March, 1916 Gunner Stewart embarked from Alexandria to join B.E.F. (British Expeditionary Force) & disembarked at Marseilles, France on 4th April, 1916.
Gunner Stewart was admitted to No. 26 General Hospital at Havre, France on 15th April, 1916 – cause N.Y.D. (not yet determined) – eyes. He was discharged & joined Base Depot at Etaples on 27th April, 1916.
He was taken on strength of D.A.C. & posted to No. 4 Section on 4th June, 1916.
On 16th June, 1916 Gunner Stewart was transferred to 2nd F.A.B. (Field Artillery Brigade) & was taken on strength of 102 Battery, 2nd F.A.B. on the same day.
Gunner Pentzlyn Charles Stewart was mustered as Driver in the Field on 2nd October, 1916.
He reported sick on 17th December, 1916 & was admitted to 8th Australia Field Ambulance with Ashigmation (?). He was transferred to Divisional Rest Station on 17th December, 1916 with sore Feet. Driver Stewart was transferred & admitted to New Zealand Stationary Hospital at Amiens, France on 27th December, 1916 with Nasal Catarrh. He was transferred & admitted to 6th General Hospital at Rouen, France on 6th January, 1917 with Max. Sen. C (?). Driver Stewart was transferred to England from Rouen on 28th January, 1917 on Hospital Ship Western Australia with L. Max Mictral sinusiten (?).
On 29th January, 1917 Driver Stewart was admitted to Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England. He was reported as seriously ill on 13th April, 1917.
Driver Pentzlyn Charles Stewart died at 11.35 pm on 15th April, 1917 at Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, England from Chronic Nasal Multisinatis, Necrosis Cribiform Plate, Left Cerebral Frontal Abscess & Septic Meningitis.
He was buried in Arnos Vale Cemetery, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England. His name is remembered on the CWGC Screen Wall & he has a flat Memorial Stone.
(The above is a summary of my research. The full research can be found by following the link below)
https://ww1austburialsuk.weebly.com/arnos-vale.html
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