STUART, Samuel Trevor
| Service Numbers: | N4643, NX104149 |
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| Enlisted: | 15 December 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment |
| Born: | Galong, New South Wales, Australia, 23 July 1921 |
| Home Town: | Young, Young, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Farm hand, Wool and Skin Buyer, Abattoir Foreman |
| Died: | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, 10 February 2014, aged 92 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Young Wall of Remembrance |
Non Warlike Service
| 15 Dec 1941: | Enlisted Trooper, N4643, 7th Light Horse Regiment |
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World War 2 Service
| 10 Aug 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX104149, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment |
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Non Warlike Service
| 10 Aug 1942: | Transferred 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment |
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World War 2 Service
| 25 Aug 1944: | Embarked NX104149, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment, Embarked on “Duntroon” in Brisbane. Disembarked at Madang, New Guinea on 2nd September 1944 | |
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| 2 Sep 1944: | Involvement NX104149, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment, Matilda Tank Driver in 10 Troop, B Squadron, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment | |
| 8 May 1945: | Embarked NX104149, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment, Embarked on “LST465” at Madang, New Guinea Disembarked on 11th May 1945 at Torokina, Bougainville | |
| 11 May 1945: | Involvement NX104149, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment, Matilda Tank Driver in 10 Troop, B Squadron, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment | |
| 7 Dec 1945: | Embarked NX104149, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment, Embarked on “Westralia” at Torokina, Bougainville Disembarked on 8th of December 1945 at Rabaul, New Guinea | |
| 8 Dec 1945: | Involvement NX104149, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment | |
| 8 Jan 1946: | Embarked 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment, Embarked on “Salamaua” at Rabaul Disembarked in Sydney on 18th January 1946 | |
| 3 Jun 1946: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX104149, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment | |
| 3 Jun 1946: | Discharged NX104149, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment, Discharged on demobilisation | |
| Date unknown: | Involvement Trooper, NX104149, 2nd/4th Armoured Regiment |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Stuart
Trevor Stuart was born and raised in Galong NSW. He left school at 13.5 due to difficulties in getting from Galong to Yass by train for high school.
He worked as a farm hand around Galong until joining the 7th Light Horse Regiment (Citizen Military Force) and rode from around Yass to Saddleback Mountain near Kiama before later transferring to the 2nd Australian Imperial Force.
Trooper Samuel Trevor Stuart saw active service in New Guinea and Bougainville where he served in the 2/4th Australian Armoured Regiment.
After returning to Australia he was stationed at the Cowra POW Camp looking after Italians before being discharged from the Army when the 2nd AIF was demobilised. Around this time he suffered a number of serious bouts of malaria.
Trevor married Mary McInerney in 1947 in Young, NSW and they went on to have ten children. He and Mary spent many years volunteering in community support agencies across the NSW Central West, and later Newcastle areas.
Trevor rarely spoke of his military service. He was a proud family man who enjoyed playing tennis in his youth; and watching cricket, rugby league and tennis in retirement.
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