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STEWART, Lochiel Alexander
(Service number 7/1564)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011
Waimate War Memorial (right panel), pictured in 2011
Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank gunner

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment post Office, Dunedin
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs Alexander Stewart (mother) Hughes St Waimate
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date 15 August 1915
Transport HMNZT 27, 28 Willochra, Tofua
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With NZ Field Artillery 12th Battery

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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 Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 5 September 1918 Age 27
Place of Death Harvincourt, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices Colonist, Volume LX, Issue 14872, 21 September 1918, Page 2
Memorial or Cemetery Canadian Cemetey, No 2 Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park, Neuville-St Vaast, Pas de Calais, France
Memorial Reference 10. C. 13
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memoria, Waituna War Memorial (as AL)

Biographical Notes

Son of Mr & Mrs Alex Stewart

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Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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