Thomas STEWART

Regimental number1398
Place of birthBarkly, Victoria
SchoolBarkly State School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressBarkly, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Thomas Stewart, Barkly PO, Barkly via Avoca, Victoria
Enlistment date21 March 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name39th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/56/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 27 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll39th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 22 December 1916
Place of death or woundingArmentieres, France
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No. 7), Armentieres, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
131
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Rosina STEWART, Barkly, Victoria
Family/military connectionsCousins Arthur Stewart, Thomas Haynes and Thomas Lougheed.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal