Kenneth STEWART

STEWART, Kenneth

Service Number: WX6574
Enlisted: 16 July 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion
Born: Yunderup, Western Australia, Australia, 23 June 1915
Home Town: Mount Lawley, Vincent, Western Australia
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Prisoner of War - Executed, Java, Java, Netherlands East Indies, 30 April 1942, aged 26 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
(CWGC) Official Commemoration - Memorial Location: Column 135, Singapore Memorial (within Kranji War Cemetery)., Singapore Memorial, Singapore
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery
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World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939: Involvement Corporal, WX6574
16 Jul 1940: Involvement Corporal, WX6574, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Malaya/Singapore
16 Jul 1940: Enlisted Corporal, WX6574, 2nd/3rd Machine Gun Battalion, Claremont, WA, Australia
16 Jul 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, WX6574
15 Feb 1942: Imprisoned Malaya/Singapore

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Biography contributed by Robert Kearney

Corporal Kenneth Stewart was awarded the Commendation for Gallantry for actions following capture by the Imperial Japanese Army in March 1942 until his execution as a result of an escape attempt in about April 1942. Corporal Stewart and five other men escaped, making for the coast of Java by hiding among Royal Air Force Prisoner of War. The group continued their escape from Djokjakarta but were recaptured by Japanese forces, interrogated and taken away to Taskimalaja. Corporal Stewart and the five others are reported to have been executed near Taskimalaja about April 1942. - Defence Honours and Awards 

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