John "Jack" Stewart

• Death Notes
  • Jack STEWART
    Regimental number    63
    Place of birth    Kilrear, Co Londonderry, Ireland
    School    Hervey National School, Ireland
    Age on arrival in Australia    22
    Religion    Presbyterian
    Occupation    Motor driver
    Address    217 Wilson Street, Newtown, New South Wales
    Marital status    Single
    Age at embarkation    24
    Height    5' 10.5"
    Weight    161 lbs
    Next of kin    Robert Stewart, Hervy Hill, Kilrea, Ireland
    Previous military service    Nil
    Enlistment date    17 August 1914
    Place of enlistment    Sydney, New South Wales
    Rank on enlistment    Private
    Unit name    4th Battalion, A Company
    AWM Embarkation Roll number    23/21/1
    Embarkation details    Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
    Rank from Nominal Roll    Private
    Unit from Nominal Roll    4th Battalion
    Fate    Killed in Action 1 May 1915
    Place of death or wounding    Gallipoli, Turkey
    Date of death    1 May 1915
    Age at death    25
    Age at death from cemetery records    25
    Place of burial    No known grave
    Commemoration details    The Lone Pine Memorial (Panel 23), 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    42
    Miscellaneous information from
      cemetery records    Parents: Robert and Isabella STEWART, Killygullib, Kilrea, Co. Ireland
    Other details   
    War service: Egypt, Gallipoli
    
    Killed in action, 1 May 1915.
    
    Buried in Wire Gully, Gallipoli, Turkey.
    
    Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
    Sources    NAA B2455 file 3013611
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    Peter James BIRNIE
    Regimental number    34
    Religion    Presbyterian
    Occupation    Carpenter
    Address    217 Wilson Street, Newtown, New South Wales
    Marital status    Married
    Age at embarkation    25
    Next of kin    Wife, Mrs Agnes Birnie nee Murtha, 217 Wilson Street, Newtown, New South Wales
    Enlistment date    17 August 1914
    Rank on enlistment    Private
    Unit name    4th Battalion, A Company
    AWM Embarkation Roll number    23/21/1
    Embarkation details    Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A14 Euripides on 20 October 1914
    Rank from Nominal Roll    Sergeant
    Unit from Nominal Roll    20th Battalion
    Fate    Returned to Australia 24 August 1918
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• General Notes
  • 1901 Census- age 11
    April 2, 1911 Census-age 21- Killygullib/Hervy Hill
    Ulster Covenant Sept 28, 1912 - did not sign
    
    Emigration to Sydney, NSW, Australia:
    
    Ship Manifest: arr date September 19, 1911/London to Sydney/ J Stewart/age 21
    OR
    Ship Manifest: arr date February 05, 1912/Glasgow to Sydney/John Stewart, age 24
    
    Consignment slip signed by a Catherine Stewart, nd, 'for 1 pkg of personal effects of the late Pte. J. Stewart" sent from Egypt via the ship Nestor by Messrs. Thos Cook & Son, presumably to Ireland. Possibly received/signed after his file was closed because there is no reference to this receipt in his file.