STEWART, William McGregor
| Service Number: | 3326 |
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| Enlisted: | 16 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland , 24 September 1894 |
| Home Town: | Singleton, Northumberland, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | New Lambton, New South Wales, Australia, 1 January 1944, aged 49 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW PRESBYTERIAN-19SW. 55. |
| Memorials: | Singleton War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 16 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3326, 18th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Dec 1915: | Involvement Private, 3326, 18th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '12' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suevic embarkation_ship_number: A29 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Dec 1915: | Embarked Private, 3326, 18th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suevic, Sydney | |
| 14 Feb 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 3rd Infantry Battalion | |
| 18 Aug 1916: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 3326, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , GSW to right hand | |
| 8 Apr 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 3326, 3rd Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD due to wounding |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War now resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
76 years ago today, on the Monday morning of the 3rd January 1944, Private William McGregor Stewart, 3rd Battalion (Reg No-3326), labourer from Scotts Flat, New South Wales and Dunolly, N.S.W. and 35 Hampden Avenue, New Lambton, N.S.W., father of six, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 49. PRESBYTERIAN-19SW. 55.
His obituary states health had failed due to war injuries.
Born at Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland on the 24th September 1894 to James and Jenny Kerr Stewart of 18 Barcley Street, Paisley, Scotland; husband of Jane Kathleen Stewart nee Langsford (married 23.10.1917, Singleton, N.S.W., died 1941, also sleeping here), William enlisted November 1915 with the 18th Battalion at Casula, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 18.8.1916 (GSW right hand), William returned home March 1917, being discharged medically unfit on the 8th April 1917.
Mr Stewart’s name has been inscribed on the Singleton & District War Memorial (unveiled on the 29th November 1925, 566 names inscribed, photos courtesy of David Harrower).
There is no headstone at William’s gravesite to tell us of his service with the 1st A.I.F., so I placed a cross August 2019 with Granddaughter Narelle Newling, Great Granddaughter Natalie Wells and family members, with bugler Kye Jeffriess sounding The Last Post.
I submitted an application August 2019 to DVA asking for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque, curbing and marble chip, but unfortunately this was declined October 2019.
Mr Stewart’s honour and dignity will be restored with a Plaque courtesy of the Forgotten Diggers Headstone Project.
Lest We Forget.
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