Regimental number | 3622 |
Place of birth | Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales |
School | Paddington Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Congregational |
Occupation | Letterpress machinist |
Address | Viewville, Bowns Road, Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Next of kin | Father, R M Stewart, Viewville, Bowns Road, Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 17th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/34/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 17th Battalion |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Volunteers were called to go to Sgt M Watson lying wounded in No Mans Land. Alf volunteered and was bringing him in, when he himself got wounded in both legs. Both men were later brought to a shell hole and whilst waiting for return of the stretcher bearers a shell landed wounding him fatally. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Polygon Wood, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 26.9 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery (Plot II, Row F, Grave 25), Ypres, Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 84 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert Morison and Edith STEWART. Native of Kogarah, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Cousin Pte A S Game died whilst prisoner of war. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |