STEWART, Adam Thompson
| Service Number: | WX2384 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 26 April 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Millport, Scotland, 19 March 1917 |
| Home Town: | Wiluna, Wiluna, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Papua, 29 August 1942, aged 25 years |
| Cemetery: |
Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Sergeant, WX2384 | |
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| 26 Apr 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Sergeant, WX2384, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion | |
| 13 Jun 1941: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX2384, 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, Wounded in action Syria - whilst a Corporal with 2/16th Battalion |
WW2
The details provided are taken from the book "1000 Men at War" the history of the 2nd/16th Infantry Battalion, published 1959, refer to page 141. Adam was born 19th March 1917, and prior to the war he was a miner of Kalgoorlie WA. He served with the 2nd/16th Inf Bn, and rose to the rank of Corporal. Unfortunately, he was Killed In Action 29th Aug 1942. Rest In Peace. Lest We Forget.
Submitted 14 May 2020 by Maxwell HILL
Biography contributed by Mick MILLER
The Wiluna Miner 18 September 1942, page 2
Serg. ADAM THOMPSON STEWART
The news of the death in action of Serg. Adam Thompson Stewart came to Wiluna as a shock. This was received during the week and revealed
that he was killed on August 30. Although he had seen active service on three fronts in Lybia, Syria, at which
place he received wounds, his end came in Papua. He returned from overseas in April of this year, and
after twelve days' leave was drafted to somewhere in Australia. He was a prominent sportsman in Wiluna
and prior to being on the Wiluna Gold Mines Ltd., was employed by the Lake Violet Station. Like his father
who had gained the rank of captain and won the Military Cross and Bar Fix this textin the Great War, he was a born soldier and joined up early in the A.I.F. and was making good progress to a commission when his end came. He was the eldest of four sons, brother
Monty also, doing his bit -in the great cause. Sympathy is extended to his mother, wife and child, and brothers and sisters in their loss.
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Adam (jnr) came to Australia from Scotland around 1928 after his father (Adam Snr) had emigrated to Western Australia in 1927 to start a new life after striking financial and legal problems back home in Scotland.
Having been awarded the Military Cross in 1916 as a member of the Motor Machine Gun Corps and a Bar to to the MC in 1918 whilst with the Machine Gun Corps Adam Snr fell on hard times. In WA he raised his family in Mount Hawthorn until chasing employment in the mines in Wiluna. It was whilst working as a piper-fitter on 1 Oct 1931 that Adam (Snr) was struck by descending cage and plummeted to the bottom of the shaft and died.
Adam's (Jnr) mother was Wiliamina "Minnie" STEWART (nee MUNRO). She was the niece of US President William James McKINDLEY, with her mother being Helen Minerva McKINLEY (later MUNRO).
Adam (Jnr) was married to Joan Eliza STEWART. Adam's (jnr) brother Montgomerry "Monty" STEWART also served with the 2/16th Battalion at the same time as Adam in PNG.
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