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Robert STEWART

Regimental number782
Place of birthCrosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland
SchoolPrestonpans, Scotland
Age on arrival in Australia17
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationMiner
AddressGosford Road, Hamilton Waste, Newcastle, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinFather, John H Stewart, Gosford Road, Hamilton Waste, Newcastle, New South Wales
Enlistment date29 August 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name4th Battalion, F Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/21/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board Transport A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll4th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 21 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death20
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialShell Green Cemetery (Plot II, Row L, Grave No. 9), Gallipoli, Turkey
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
42
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Hillhouse and Jane Paterson STEWART, 79 Gosford Road, Hamilton West, Newcastle, New South Wales. Native of Crosshouse, Ayrshire, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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