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STEWART, William James Henry
(Service number 2/1099)

Aliases
First Rank	Gunner	Last Rank	Gunner

Birth

Date	05/09/1888	Place of Birth	Winton

Enlistment Information

Date	6 October 1914	Age	26 years 1 month
Address at Enlistment	Waimataitai, Timaru
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	James STEWART (father), Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 fete 9 inches. Weight 148 lbs. Chest measurement 35¼-38 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight & hearing both good. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Teeth good. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Field Artillery
Date	14 December 1914
Transport	Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Field Artillery

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian; Balkan (Gallipoli); Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	28 March 1918	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in Action.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

30 July 1917 wounded accidentally

Post-war Occupations

80 years

Death

Date	20 March 1969	Age
Place of Death	Waimate
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 21 March 1969
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 163, Plot 12
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William James Henry Stewart was the son of James and Anna Stewart, of Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [29 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK18805 W5553 0109697) [31 July 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [31 July 2016]; Otago Daily Times, 15 August 1917, Evening Post, 28 December 1917 (Papers Past) [16 & 31 July 2016]; Timaru Herald, 21 March 1969 (Timaru District Library) [01 August 2016]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [01 August 2016]

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