Regimental number | 940 |
Place of birth | Newstead, Victoria |
School | Newstead and later Joyces Creek State Schools, Victoria |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Cowangie, Victoria |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Height | 5' 10.75" |
Weight | 147 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, David Stewart, Cowangie, Victoria |
Previous military service | Nil (exempt area under Compulsory Military Training scheme) |
Enlistment date | |
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 31st Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/48/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A62 Wandilla on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Gunner |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 13th Field Artillery Brigade |
Other details from Roll of Honour Circular | Several times recommended for distinction for bravery and devotion to duty. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 20.9 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery (Plot VII, Row F, Grave No. 5), Belgium |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 18 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: David and Mary STEWART, Cowangie, Victoria. Native of Newstead, Victoria |
Family/military connections | Brother: 718 Pte John Malcolm STEWART MM, 21st Bn, returned to Australia, 12 December 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Melbourne, 9 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 7 December 1915. Appointed Lance Corporal, 15 February 1916. Transferred to 5th Division Artillery, Tel el Kebir, 15 March 1916, and taken on strength, 25th Howitzer Brigade, and posted to 114th Battery as Gunner. Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 19 June 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France, 25 June 1916. Transferred to 115th Battery, 7 June 1916. Transferred to 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 4 April 1917, and posted to 113th Battery. Killed in action, 22 August 1917. Statement, Red Cross File No 2630308M, 2640 Gunner J. POWNEY, 112th Howitzer Battery (patient, No 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples), 17 December 1917: 'He was killed with 4 others by a shell about August 22nd at Cambridge Trench, Ypres. They were all asleep at the time (about 11 a.m.). I did not see the casualty happen but I saw their bodies afterwards. They were not knocked about but had been killed by concussion. I helped to bury them in a cemetery near Vancouver Dump. The Brigade Chaplain (Moore) (C. of E.) officiated at the burial.' Second statement, 2146 Pte R.E. HENDERSON, 13th Field Artillery Brigade, 25 October 1918: 'Casualty was at battery position, Cambridge Trench, and was asleep in the dug-out. I had taken his breakfast to him at about 7.30 and I had gone back to my own dug-out which was next door. At about 10.30 the Germans started shelling us heavily. An H.E. shell exploded near their dug-out killing Casualty instantly ... The cause of death was concussion.' |
Miscellaneous details | Second given name incorrectly recorded on Embarkation Roll as Levock. |
Sources | NAA: B2455, STEWART David Livock
Red Cross File No 2630308M |