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Robert Colligan STEWART

Regimental number836
Date of birth24 October 1887
Place of birthProspect, South Australia
SchoolNailsworth Public School, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationColt breaker
AddressVine Street, Prospect, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Jane Stewart, Vine Street, Prospect, South Australia
Enlistment date26 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit nameAustralian Remount Unit 1, Squadron 3
AWM Embarkation Roll number28/2/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A67 Orsova on 12 November 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Remount Unit
FateReturned to Australia
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)No date of fate recorded on Nominal Roll.
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Plaque in South Australian Garden of Remembrance
Discharge date14 August 1916
Other detailsWar service: Egypt. Served as a rough-rider attached to Imperial Forces, Abbassia, Egypt. Injured by a fall from a horse, 6 February 1916; invalided to 27th General Hospital. Arrived in Australia, 15 July 1916; discharged as medically unfit.
Date of death26 May 1959

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