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STEWART, Charles
Service Number: | 1485 |
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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 |
World War 1 Service
13 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 1485, Enlisted in Adelaide | |
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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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Add my storyBiography 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