Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

03/08/1915

Date of Discharge

15/07/1919

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

29/05/1895

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland

Address (at enlistment)

Acton, Canberra ACT

Occupation

Plumber

Next of Kin

James Stewart (father), Canberra ACT

Service Number

1912

Final Rank

Sapper

Final Unit

1 Australian Army Troops Coy Engineers AIF

Queanbeyan RSL Wall of Remembrance, Crawford St, Queanbeyan NSW
Roll of Honour at St. Stephen's Presbyterian Church, Lowe Street, Queanbeyan NSW

Dave Stewart was a Scot who lived with his parents and brothers at Acton and worked as a plumber with his father and brothers at various sites around Canberra including Duntroon. He enlisted in August 1915 and served with the 1st Field Company Engineers. He was wounded in action (shot in the forearm) at Pozieres in France in July 1916 and didn't return to the frontline until November 1917. He returned to Australia in 1919 and was discharged in Sydney where he continued to live after serving in World War 2. He died on 8 October 1970 and was cremated at Woronora Cemetery. His brother James Stewart also served in World War 1 and both are shown in a pre-war photo with a group of plumbers at Duntroon.

Description - height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 140 pounds, chest 35 inches, dark complexion, brown eyes, brown hair.

Rex Cross, 'Bygone Queanbeyan', 1980
Our Queanbeyan 'Boys' No.3, Howard & Shearsby, Yass (postcard)
Queanbeyan Age - 19 September 1916, 22 August 1916, 19 January 1917, 30 May 1919
Sydney Morning Herald - 9 October 1970
Canberra & District Historical Society photograph 1043
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)