Henry STEWART

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Service Number:	2747
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	48th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Meckering, Western Australia, 1897
Home Town:	New Norcia, Victoria Plains, Western Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Not yet discovered
Died:	Died of wounds, France, 18 September 1918
Cemetery:	Hancourt British Cemetery Row C, Grave 13, Hancourt British Cemetery, Hancourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

Date unknown:	Involvement Corporal, 2747, 48th Infantry Battalion

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Parents: William and Ellen STEWART, Meckering, Western Australia
Other details
War service: Western Front

Embarked from Fremantle, 30 October 1916, on board 'Port Melbourne' in 48th Bn, 6th Reinforcement; disembarked Devonport, 28 December 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 28 March 1917; taken on strength, 48th Bn, 19 April 1917.

Wounded in action, 8 June 1917; rejoined unit, 17 June 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 5 May 1918.

Wounded in action, 18 September 1918 (shell wound, side, penetrating abdomen); died of wounds, 18 September 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal