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Alfred James Augustus STEWART

Regimental number1560
Place of birthEchuca, Victoria
Place of birthMathoura, New South Wales
SchoolMathoura, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressMathoura, New South Wales
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinWife, Mrs E Jane Stewart, Mathoura, New South Wales
Enlistment date24 April 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll7 April 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name24th Battalion, 1st Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/41/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 25 June 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll24th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 26 December 1915
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)*Given name Alfred James
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death28
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialPieta Military Cemetery (Plot C, Row III, Grave No. 5), Malta
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
103
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred and Elizabeth STEWART; husband of E.J. HAMMOND (formerly STEWART), Carrington Avenue, Aspendale, Victoria
Family/military connectionsHalf-brother: 1515A Lance Corporal John Thain RAMSAY, 14th Field Company Engineers, killed in action, 16 September 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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