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Leonard Frederick STEWART

Regimental number28031
Place of birthPaddington, Sydney, New South Wales
SchoolForth St Woollahra and Glenmore Road Public Schools, New South Wales
ReligionCongregational
OccupationInsurance clerk
Address22 Cambridge Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, W J Stewart, 22 Cambridge Street, Paddington, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets for about 8 months.
Enlistment date8 May 1916
Rank on enlistmentDriver
Unit nameDivisional Ammunition Column 4, Reinforcement 7
AWM Embarkation Roll number25/111/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 25 October 1916
Rank from Nominal RollDriver
Unit from Nominal Roll10th Field Artillery Brigade
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularWhilst in training in England he was selected to train for the signalling. He gained his Certificate as First Class Signaller with high marks but did not take it up at the Front. (Father)
FateKilled in Action 20 September 1917
Place of death or woundingBellewarde Ridge, Ypres Sector, Belgium
Age at death24.6
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave No. 3), Zillebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter Joseph and Florence Caroline STEWART, 22 Cambridge Street, Paddington, New South Wales

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