Charles STEWART

STEWART, Charles

Service Numbers: 1507, 1625
Enlisted: 23 November 1914
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Infantry Battalion
Born: Kincardine, Scotland, United Kingdom, date not yet discovered
Home Town: Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Shepherd
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Ottoman Empire, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 19 May 1915, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli
Plot III, Row D, Grave 13, Shrapnel Valley Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey, 4th Battalion Parade Ground Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

23 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1507, 1st Infantry Battalion
11 Feb 1915: Involvement Private, 1625, 1st Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Choon embarkation_ship_number: A49 public_note: ''
11 Feb 1915: Embarked Private, 1625, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Choon, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon

1st Bn. Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

He was 20 and the son of Hugh and Margaret W. Stewart, of Luthermuir, Laurencekirk, Kincardineshire, Scotland.

He is one of three Australian soldiers of the Great War commemorated on the Fettercairn War Memorial.

Fettercairn (/ˌfɛtərˈkɛərn/, Scottish Gaelic: Fothair Chàrdain) is a small village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, northwest of Laurencekirk in Aberdeenshire on the B966 from Edzell. Fettercairn is also reached via the Cairn O' Mount road (B974) from Deeside.

Address of War Memorial:

New Cemetery on the B966 road at Fettercairn, Scotland.

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