Arthur James STEWART MM

STEWART, Arthur James

    Service Number: 3256
    Enlisted: 3 August 1915, Place of enlistment - Holdsworthy, New South Wales
    Last Rank: Sergeant
    Last Unit: 5th Machine Gun Battalion
    Born: Lewisham, Sydney New South Wales, date not yet discovered
    Home Town: Croydon, Ashfield, New South Wales
    Schooling: Public School, New South Wales
    Occupation: Plasterer
    Died: Influenza, France, 29 October 1918, age not yet discovered
    Cemetery: City of Paris Cemetery, Pantin
    Plot 6, Row 20, Grave 20 Headstone Inscription "FOR DUTY NOBLY DONE HE DIED AS HE LIVED A MAN", City of Paris Cemetery, Pantin, France
    Memorials: Ashfield Presbyterian Church Great War Memorial Window, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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    World War 1 Service

    3 Aug 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3256, 20th Infantry Battalion, Place of enlistment - Holdsworthy, New South Wales
    20 Dec 1915: Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 3256, 20th Infantry Battalion, Embarked on HMAT 'A29' Suevic from Sydney on 20th December 1915.
    16 Feb 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 56th Infantry Battalion
    8 Mar 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 14th Machine Gun Company
    23 Sep 1916: Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 14th Machine Gun Company
    2 Jul 1917: Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Machine Gun Company, Corporal Stewart was promoted to Temporary Sergeant from 2nd April 1917.
    7 Sep 1917: Transferred AIF WW1, Sergeant, 14th Machine Gun Company, Detached for duty to Machine Gun Depot - Grantham, Lincolnshire England as Instructor. On 4th October 1917 attached for duty with Permanent Cadre of Machine Gun Training Depot. Both detachments ceased on 2nd January 1918 and Sergeant Stewart rejoined his unit.
    23 Oct 1918: Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3256, 14th Machine Gun Company, Reported sick whilst on leave in Paris and was admitted immediately to Sydney Station Hospital. Succumbed to Influenza on 29th October 1918.
    29 Oct 1918: Involvement Sergeant, 3256, 5th Machine Gun Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3256 awm_unit: 5th Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-10-29
    14 May 1919: Honoured Military Medal, Sergeant Arthur Janes STEWART
    'By his bravery, devotion to duty and utter disregard for personal safety in the operations in the vicinity of PERONNE on 1st and 2nd September, 1918, two gun teams in the front line were kept supplied with ammunition at a most critical time. Men carrying ammunition having become casualties, this N.C.O. went backwards and forwards over open ground through an exceedingly heavy barrage and thus succeeded in keeping both guns in action and setting a splendid example to the men under him.'

    Chas. H. HOLMES, Capt., O.C., 14th M.C. Co.
    R. MARSDEN Lt. Col. Cmdg. 5th Aust. M.G. Bn.
    J. TALBOT ROBBS. Mjr-Genl. Cmdg. 5th Aust. Divn.

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    Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

    Son of William and Mary S. STEWART, of 47 Carlshalton Street, Croydon, New South Wales. Born at Lewisham, New South Wales.

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