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Russell William STEWART

Regimental number862
Place of birthEaglehawk, Victoria
SchoolEaglehawk State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationPainter
AddressVictoria Street, Eaglehawk, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 10.5"
Weight170 lbs
Next of kinFather, J H Stewart, High Street, Eaglehawk, Victoria
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets and Citizen Military Forces for 2 years.
Enlistment date31 August 1914
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll21 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMelbourne, Victoria
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name7th Battalion, G Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/24/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board Transport A20 Hororata on 19 October 1914
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll7th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularAt time of enlistment was Captain of the Cohuna Rifle Club.
FateKilled in Action 25 April 1915
Place of death or woundingGallipoli, Turkey
Age at death27
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 29), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
51
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Henry and Clara Selleck STEWART. Native of Eaglehawk, Victoria
Family/military connectionsUncle: 433 Pte Robert Percy THOMSON, 2nd Light Horse Field Ambulance, killed in action, 17 April 1917; Cousins: [1877] Lt Claude STRIKE, 9th Bn, returned to Australia, 23 September 1919; 353 Corporal William Percy STRIKE, 353, 11th Light Horse Regiment, returned to Australia, 22 July 1919; 2165 Corporal Edmond STRIKE, 41st Bn, returned to Australia, 15 January 1919; 484 Driver Leslie STRIKE, Australian Army Service Corps, returned to Australia, 21 March 1919.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

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