STEWART A.

Given Names:  Alexander

Service Number:  9330

Unit:  Field Artillery Brigade 4, 1st reinforcements                                                             

Rank:  Driver   

Paybook Number: 

Age:  21 Yrs  11 Mths

Occupation:  Postman                                                                                                    

Marital Status:  Single

Religion:  Presbyterian

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION           

Height:  5 Ft  8 In                     

Weight:  158 Lbs

Chest:  35-37½ In

Hair:  Brown

Eyes:  Brown

Complexion:  Fresh

ENLISTMENT

Date Enlisted:  7/8/1915

Place:  Melbourne

Next of Kin:  FATHER  Alexander Stewart

20 Gladstone Street, Kew, Victoria                                                                                   

Embarkation Date:  18/11/1915

Port:  Melbourne                                       

Ship:  HMAT Wiltshire A18

END OF WAR 

Status:  Killed in action

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Disembarked: 

Unit:  4th Field Artillery Brigade                                                                                                     

Rank:  Gunner

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MEDALS AND AWARDS

14/15 Star:  26474

British War Medal:  25795

Victory Medal:  25026

Other:   

BIRTH

Date or Year:  1898

Place:  Mount Wycheproof, Victoria          

Father:  Alexander STEWART                 

Mother:  Maud Ellen KIRBY

MARRIAGE

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DEATH

Date or Year: 27/5/1917                          

Place: Noreuil, N.E. of Bapaume, France   

Burial:  Heavy Artillery Company Cemetery, Ecoust-Saint-Mein, France

SERVICE RECORD HIGHLIGHTS

MEMORIALS

Kew State School

Kew War Memorial

Kew Presbyterian Church

Australian War Memorial

Memorial Plaque: 325224

WORLD WAR 2 SERVICE

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COMMENTS

Mother states was 18y, 8m when KIA, ie. born 1898, and was therefore 17 when he enlisted