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STEWART, James Garfield
(Service number 14/79)

Aliases
First Rank	Captain	Last Rank

Birth

Date	7 August 1890	Place of Birth	Invercargill

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Knox College, Dunedin
Occupation	Medical Student
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Robert STEWART (mother), Raorao, Timaru; Mrs I. M. STEWART (wife), 4 Ranfurly Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	New Zealand Army Service corps, Divisional Train
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Waimana
Embarked From	Auckland	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards	Military Cross

Award Circumstances and Date

For distinguished service in the Field. Gazerre, 1 October 1917

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		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date		Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

James Garfield Stewart was the older son of Robert and Helen Thom (née Todd) Stewart. He married Isabella Mary Rutherford in 1918. Captain F. G. Stewart, 14/79, Timaru, returned to New Zealand, after over four years od service, in March 1918 per Draft 149.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 February 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [05 February 2017]; Evening Post, 13 March 1918 (Papers Past) [04 February 2017]

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