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Roy Hamilton STEWART

Regimental number976
Place of birthClayfield, Brisbane, Queensland
SchoolEagle Junction State School, Queensland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTea blender
AddressBrisbane, Queensland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jesse Ann Reid Stewart, London Road, Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland
Previous military service7th Infantry
Enlistment date29 November 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name41st Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/58/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A64 Demosthenes on 18 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll41st Battalion
FateDied of wounds 11 June 1917
Place of death or woundingMessines, Belgium
Age at death22.7
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row S, Grave No. 13), Steenwerck, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
134
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William John and Jessie Ann Reid STEWART, London Road, Clayfield, Brisbane, Queensland
Family/military connectionsOne brother and three first cousins were killed or died of wounds in France.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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