STEWART, James Dodds
| Service Numbers: | 16758, Q191515 |
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| Enlisted: | 7 May 1916 |
| Last Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Divisional Signal Company |
| Born: | Newtown Stewart, Wigtownshire, Scotland, 29 April 1896 |
| Home Town: | Brisbane, Brisbane, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Physical Culture Instructor and Masseur |
| Died: | Medina, Kwinana, Western Australia, 21 March 1970, aged 73 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fremantle Cemetery, Western Australia |
| Memorials: | Claremont Hospital for the Insane Honour Roll, North Perth Presbyterian Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 7 May 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 16758, 28th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 12 Dec 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 16758, 4th Divisional Signal Company, HMAT Orsova, Fremantle | |
| 12 Dec 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 16758, 4th Divisional Signal Company, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '6' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Orsova embarkation_ship_number: A67 public_note: '' | |
| 17 Mar 1919: | Embarked AIF WW1, Sapper, 16758, 1st Divisional Signal Company, embarked England for Fremantle on board HT Plassy |
World War 2 Service
| 12 Jul 1940: | Involvement Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q191515 | |
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| 12 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q191515 | |
| 11 Nov 1943: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Staff Sergeant, Q191515 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Staff Sergeant James Dodds Stewart (Service No:Q191515) enlisted in the ACMF on 12 July 1940 as a Private attached to NC Signals. Promoted to Staff Sergeant by August 1943, he served with QLD Line of Command (LoC) Signals and was attached to 1 Australian Line Construction Group at Discharge (compassionate) on 11 November 1943.
James was born in Wigtownshire, Scotland in 1890, second of six children of James Stewart (b1860 Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland) and Elizabeth Dodds (b1862 in Wigtownshire, Scotland). James Snr (a Corporal with Royal Scots Fusiliers) adn Elizabeth (a Domestic Servant) married in 1883 in Renfrewshire, Scotland. They lived in Wigtownshire and Ayrshire where James Snr was a Woodcutter, Plate Layer, Labourer and Scavenger. The family immigrated after 1901, and were in Fremantle WA when James Snr died in 1911.
James worked as a Hospital Assistant in Perth, where in 1913 he married Margaret Tolmie (b1893 in Forfarshire, Scotland). James served in WWI (Sapper; Service No:16758) and following his Discharge, he and Margaret settled with their children in Busselton as part of the Group Settlement Scheme (Group Settlemetn 9). In the late 1920s the family returned to Perth, where James worked as a Foreman and Carpenter. Following Margaret's death in 1938. James remarried in 1939 to Olive May Ross (b1907 at Midland Junction, Guildford, WA) - Olive was working as a Nurse at Perth Hospital. In 1940 James and Olive moved to Brisbane, QLD where James worked as a Physical Culture Instructor and Masseur. Following his Discharge from the ACMF, they returned to WA, where James was a Storkeeper in Tardun. In 1950 he was allotted a Dairy Farm under the War Service Land Settlement Scheme and he and Olive moved to Pinjarra where James was a Dairy Farmer (Naranio Farm). In the late 1950s James and Olive left Pinjarra and settled in Medina, Kwinana where James worked as a Gardener until his death in 1970.
Biography contributed by Chris Buckley
Sapper James Dodds Stewart (Service No:16758) enlisted in the AIF on 7 May 1916 as a Private attached to 17/28 Infantry Battalion. Sapper Stewart was attached to 4th Divisional Signal Coy when he embarked with his Unit from Fremantle for Plymouth on 12 December 1916 on board HMAT A67 Orsova. Sapper Stewart served in France and was attached to 1st Divisional Signal Unit on 17 March 1919 when he embarked from England for Fremantle on board HT Plassy and was Discharged on 30 June 1919. He served with the ACMF in WWII (Staff Sergeant; Service No:Q191515). Sibling Robert (Service No:4235) was KiA in WWI and John (Service Nos:W59677/1018) served in WWII.
James was born in Wigtownshire, Scotland in 1890, second of six children of James Stewart (b1860 in Kircudbright, Scotland) and Elizabeth Dodds (b1862 in Wigtownshire, Scotland). James Snr (Corporal in the Royal Scots Fusiliers) and Elizabeth (a Domestic Servant) married in 1883 in Renfrewshire, Scotland. They lived in Wigtownshire and Ayrshire where James Snr worked as a Labourer, Plate Layer and Scavenger before immigrating to Australia in the early 1900s. James Snr died in 1911.
James was working as a Hospital Assistant in Perth in 1913 when he married Margaret Tolmie (b1893 in Forfarshire, Scotland). Following James' Discharge in 1919, he and Margaret settled in Busselton as part of the Group Settlement Scheme (Group 9 Settlement) before returning to Perth in the late 1920s. James worked as a Foreman and a Carpenter and, following Margaret's death in 1938, James remarried in 1939 - to Olive May Ross (b1907 in Midland Junction, Guildford, WA) - Olive was working as a Nurse at Perth Hospital. In 1940 James and Olive had settled in Brisbane, QLD where James worked as a Physical Culture Instructor and Masseur. Following his Discharge from the ACMF, they returned to WA where James was a Storkeeper at Tardun and in 1950 was allocated a Dairy Farm under the War Service Land Settlement Scheme. James and Olive lived at 'Naranio' in Pinjarra (where James was a Dairy Farmer) before moving to Medina in Kwinana in the late 1950s. James worked as a Gardener until his death in 1970.
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