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Norman Colin STEWART

Regimental number1744
Place of birthWingham, New South Wales
SchoolTaree Public School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMail driver
AddressTaree, Manning River, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Stewart, Taree, Manning River, New South Wales
Enlistment date18 February 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name53rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/70/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A40 Ceramic on 14 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollSergeant
Unit from Nominal Roll53rd Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 April 1918
Place of death or woundingVillers-Bretonneux, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNampe-Al-Val British Cemetrey (Plot II, Row A, Grave No. 31), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
158
Family/military connectionsBrother: 1742 Sergeant John McDonald STEWART, 53rd Bn, killed in action, 24 April 1918. Brother John McDonald Stewart died winner of Military Medal.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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