STEWART, Charles Rupert
| Service Number: | 47 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry |
| Born: | Queensland, Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Allora, Southern Downs, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Strathpine, Queensland, Australia, 3 July 1941, cause of death not yet discovered, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Lawnton Cemetery GRAVE LC C-IV-11 |
| Memorials: | Allora Boer War Memorial |
Boer War Service
| 1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 47, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry | |
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| 1 Nov 1899: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 47, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 448 notes 1st QMI embarked 1 Nov 1899 aboard Cornwall arriving Cape Town 13 Dec 1899. | |
| 23 Jan 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 47, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 449 notes 1st QMI embarked 13 Dec 1900 returning to Australia aboard Orient arriving Brisbane 17 Jan 1901, disbanded 23 Jan 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
Note- Charles Rupert Stewart also used the blended name of Rupert Charles Stewart. His younger brother Wallace Highton Stewart also served in the same contingent in the Boer War. Both their names are inscribed on the tablet containing names of Allora men who fought in the South African Boer War on the Allora Boer War Memorial as C. R. Stewart and W. H. Stewart respectively.
When Charles Rupert Stewart enlisted in 1899 in the 1st QMI and his details were published with the rank and file in The Brisbane Courier, 18 Nov 1899, he was recorded as Private C. R. Stewart, single, Allora. he served the full tour of the 1st QMI returning to Brisbane where he was discharged on 23 Jan 1901.
Charles Rupert Stewart was born on 13 Jul 1876 in Queensland, a son to James Stewart and Margaret Stewart (nee Emery). He married Ruby Violet Block on 29 Mar 1913 in Queensland and they had 2 children. Note- on the Qld BDM birth and death registers his name is recorded as Charles Rupert Stewart, while his marriage registration and grave memorial plaque record him as Rupert Charles Stewart.
When he passed in 1941 an extensive obituary was published in aToowoomba newspaper as transcribed below.
Obituary: Mr. R. C. Stewart- The Toowoomba Chronicle and Darling Downs Gazette, 5 Jul 1941, p. 3.
CLIFTON, Friday. Relatives at Clifton on Thursday received the news of the death of Mr. Rupert Charles Stewart, which occurred at his home at Strathpine, outside Brisbane, after a short illness. The late Mr. Stewart was well known in the Clifton district, where his father, the late Mr. James Stewart, in the early years of the town's business activities was associated with the place as licensed victualler of the Club Hotel, in King Street, for some time. The late Mr. Rupert Stewart many years ago was a keen follower of horse racing and was one of the strongest supporters of the sport at Clifton and surrounding districts. He raced many wel-known and successful horses at the Clifton race meetings during his association with the Darling Downs. After having resided in the Tabletop district, where he followed farming pursuits, he left to live in Brisbane, and later Strathpine., where he resided until his death. He was one of the contingent of Queenslanders who took part in active service in the Boer War in South Africa and was accompanied on the journey overseas by his brother, the late Mr. W. H. Stewart, for many years a well-known licensee of hotel businesses in Toowoomba. In addition to his widow and family, he is survived by three sisters, Mesdames E. Jackson (Toowoomba), J. C. Gillam (Toowoomba) and S. J. Muir (Clifton); also three brothers, Messrs. Edward G. Stewart (Cambooya), Herbert Stewart (Wondai) and Frank H. Stewart (Allora), all of whom are well known throughout the Clifton district. Mrs. Gillam. Messrs. E. G. (Ted) Stewart, and Herbert Stewart for many years resided at Clifton. Mr. Harold Gillam, of Clifton, is a nephew of the late Mr. Stewart. The funeral took place to the Lawnton Cemetery.
(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 452; national Archives Australia- Boer War Dossier; Ql State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 1st QMI, Bk 1 p. 108).