Charles STEWART

Badge Number: 12143, Sub Branch: Prospect
12143

STEWART, Charles

Service Number: 1485
Enlisted: 13 November 1914, Enlisted in Adelaide
Last Rank: Lance Corporal
Last Unit: 301st Company Mechancial Transport
Born: Adelaide, South Australia, 16 September 1876
Home Town: Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Mechanic
Died: Magill, South Australia, 23 December 1957, aged 81 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: West Terrace Cemetery (AIF Section)
Kendrew Oval, Row 13A, Grave 18. Grave lease expirs on 31 December 2032
Memorials: Adelaide Officers of S.A. Post, Telegraph and Telephone Department Great War Roll of Honor
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World War 1 Service

13 Nov 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1485, Enlisted in Adelaide
22 Dec 1914: Involvement Driver, 1485, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ceramic embarkation_ship_number: A40 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914: Embarked Driver, 1485, 301st Company Mechancial Transport, HMAT Ceramic, Melbourne
13 Feb 1919: Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 1485, Discharged 4 Military District

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

20 October 1915 - To hospital with shock from shell explosion

14 December 1916 - Promoted to Lance Corporal

23 October 1918 - Returned to Australia

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

29 November 1929 - Wrote to Base Records requesting replacement Discharge Certificate after the other was stolen at Renmark while  he was working with the Postal Service

Residential address when enlisting was 43 East Terrace, Adelaide