STUART, Donald
| Service Number: | 2899 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Cadets, Fremantle, 1 year |
| Last Rank: | Gunner |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, November 1884 |
| Home Town: | Buffalo, South Gippsland, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1925, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 2899, Divisional Ammunition Column, Cadets, Fremantle, 1 year | |
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| 20 Oct 1914: | Involvement Driver, 2899, Divisional Ammunition Column, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Oct 1914: | Embarked Driver, 2899, Divisional Ammunition Column, HMAT Shropshire, Melbourne | |
| 28 Jan 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Gunner, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade | |
| 19 Oct 1917: | Honoured Military Medal | |
| 22 Feb 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Gunner, 2899, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , 3rd MD |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Sharyn Roberts
NOTE: The Family name was incorrectly transcribed on the Embarkation Roll as STEWART. The correct Family named is verfied in the official Service Record as STUART. The record on this memorial has been amended to accord with the details within the Service Record. Correction undertaken by the Virtual War Memorial Chief Moderator, May 2017.
Biography contributed by Evan Evans
From Dan Jones
A forgotten WWI serviceman?
Last year, whilst wandering through a country cemetery, I came across the grave of a serviceman who served during The Great War. Unlike other official war graves this one was marked by a simple wooden cross, and as such piqued my interest.
95 years ago, in 1925, Driver/Gunner Donald Francis Stuart MM, (Service number 2899), late 2nd Field Artillery Brigade, labourer of Buffalo, South Gippsland, Victoria (and Wonthaggi) was buried at Wonthaggi Cemetery aged 38 years.
Born in Paisley, Scotland in about 1886, the son of Mary (nee Leslie) and James Stuart. He was an early enlistee, joining the AIF on the 26 August 1914. Over the subsequent years of the war, he saw service in Egypt and France, returning to Australia on 8 October 1918.
He was awarded the Military Medal on the 19 October 1917. During his service he was gassed in 1917 and was 'sligh[tly]' shot in the knee and face.
I'm not sure if he is on any local honour rolls.
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