Hugh John STEWART

STEWART, Hugh John

Service Number: 214
Enlisted: 31 August 1914, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 2nd Light Horse Regiment
Born: Alexandria, Scotland, 1878
Home Town: Lutwyche, Brisbane, Queensland
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Orderman
Died: Died of Illness - Dysentry, Malta, 3 September 1915
Cemetery: Pieta Military Cemetery
Plot B, Row V111, Grave 1 Chaplain R. Menzies officiated Headstone inscription reads: Son of the late Alexander Stewart Crown Hotel, Auchterarder Scotland, Pieta Military Cemetery, Tal-Pieta, Malta (island), Malta
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour
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World War 1 Service

31 Aug 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 214, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, Enlisted at Brisbane, QLD
24 Sep 1914: Involvement Private, 214, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of England embarkation_ship_number: A15 public_note: ''
24 Sep 1914: Embarked Private, 214, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Star of England, Brisbane
3 Sep 1915: Involvement Corporal, 214, 2nd Light Horse Regiment, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 214 awm_unit: 2nd Australian Light Horse Regiment awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-09-03

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Alexander and Christina McPherson Stewart of Perthshire, Scotland

Date of promotion to Trooper/Corporal is unknown

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal