John Perrett STEWART

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STEWART, John Perrett

Service Numbers:	QX59864, Q107380
Enlisted:	27 December 1943
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Not yet discovered
Born:	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 11 August 1910
Home Town:	Ipswich, Queensland
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Maroochydore, Queensland, Australia, 15 July 1996, aged 85 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Albany Creek Memorial Park-Cemetery & Crematorium, Queensland
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World War 2 Service

27 Dec 1943:	Involvement Corporal, Q107380, also QX59864
27 Dec 1943:	Involvement Corporal, QX59864, also Q107380
27 Dec 1943:	Enlisted
27 Dec 1943:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX59864
21 Nov 1945:	Discharged
21 Nov 1945:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX59864

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Biography contributed by Chris Buckley

Corporal John Perrett Stewart (Service Nos:QX59864/Q107380) enlisted in December 1943 and was attached to New Guinea Force Signals when he Discharged in November 1945.

Born in 1910 in Brisbane QLD, John was the youngest of two children of James McLean Stewart (b1881 in Lanarkshire, Scotland) and Sarah (Sadie) Sophia Beavis Perrett (b1881 in Ipswich, QLD). James had emigrated in 1883 with his parents, arriving in Brisbane QLD on board the Duntrune. James was a Jockey in Brisbane QLD when he and Sadie married in Ipswich in 1909. The couple settled in Brisbane where James was a Horse Trainer before serving in WWI (Service No:4210). WiA in France, James was not employed following his Discharge.

John worked as a Clerk in Ipswich and in 1944 in Brisbane QLD married Matilda (Nell) Ellen Barnfield (b1914 in Brisbane, QLD). John and Nell settled in Brisbane QLD where John worked as a Technician until retirement in the mid 1970s. They relocated to Maroochydore, QLD where John died in 1996. Nell died in 2007.

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