Wallace Highton STEWART

STEWART, Wallace Highton

Service Number: 78
Enlisted: Not yet discovered
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry
Born: Allora, Qld., 1880
Home Town: Not yet discovered
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Not yet discovered
Died: Toowoomba, Qld., 23 October 1934, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery: Drayton and Toowoomba Cemetery, Queensland
Sect. Presbyt 3 Block 9 Allotment 26
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899: Involvement Private, 78, 1st Queensland Mounted Infantry

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Mr. Stewart, who was born at Allora 55 years ago, had been licensee of the Globe Hotel, Toowoomba, for some years. He was the son of pioneer residents of the Allora district. He enlisted with the Allora contingent, and served throughout the Boer War. He married Miss Henrietta Williams, of Killarney, and went to Toowoomba some years ago. He first went into the Union Hotel in Ruthven Street, afterwards the Freemason's Hotel, then the Empire Hotel in Toowoomba, and finally the Globe Hotel. He is survived by his widow, three sisters, and four brothers.

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