Charles Robert James ('Chas') STEART

STEART, Charles Robert James

Service Numbers: S39924, SX24525, 443068
Enlisted: 23 September 1941, Enlisted Militia at Warradale SA
Last Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Last Unit: RAAF Transport and Movement Offices
Born: Brompton, SA, 28 December 1921
Home Town: Southwark, City of Charles Sturt, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Shop Assistant / PMG Linesman (post war)
Died: Natural Causes, Tumby Bay, South Australia, 5 April 1996, aged 74 years
Cemetery: Tumby Bay Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

23 Sep 1941: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S39924, Enlisted Militia at Warradale SA
13 Dec 1941: Transferred Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, Australian Army Medical Corps (WW2), Called up for full time Militia Service as an 'Eligible Male', shortly after the outbreak of the Pacific War. By late 1942 he was based at Elliot Camp NT, as a driver.
10 Aug 1942: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX24525, Elliott Camp, NT - from Militia to AIF
29 May 1944: Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Driver, SX24525, Discharge taken to enlist in RAAF
30 May 1944: Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 443068, RAAF Transport and Movement Offices, Enlisted from AIF while based at Elliot Camp NT
11 Jan 1946: Discharged Royal Australian Air Force, Leading Aircraftman, 443068, RAAF Transport and Movement Offices

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