Branch of Service

Army

Conflict

World War I (1914-1918)

Date of Enlistment

06/11/1916

Date of Discharge

23/12/1919

Place of Enlistment

Sydney NSW

Gender

Male

Date of Birth

26/08/1898

Place of Birth

Glasgow, Scotland

Address (at enlistment)

Acton, Canberra ACT

Occupation

Plumber

Next of Kin

James Stewart (father), Canberra ACT

Service Number

17405

Final Rank

Sapper

Final Unit

1 Army Troop Company of Engineers AIF

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

James Stewart was the younger brother of Dave Stewart and was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He was also a plumber and worked with his father and brother around Canberra. He enlisted in November 1916 as a Sapper and served with the 1st Field Company Engineers in Belgium from November 1917 and then the 1st Army Troop Company of Engineers from January 1918. After the armistice he worked in the Jermond workshops and then was given leave for non military employment in Glasgow before returning to Australia and being discharged on 23 December 1919. He married Margaret Stamford from Duntroon in 1921 and moved to Sydney where he was in a plumbing business with his father and brother. He also served in World War 2 as a Lieutenant in the Royal Australian Engineers. He died on 22 October 1963 in Sydney.

Description - height 5 feet 8 inches, weight 128 pounds, chest 33-36 inches, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair, Presbyterian.

Rex Cross, 'Bygone Queanbeyan', 1980
WWII Nominal Roll http://www.ww2roll.gov.au
Canberra & District Historical Society photograph 1043
NAA RecordSearch - Series B2455 (First Australian Imperial Force Personnel Dossiers, 1914-1920)
Sydney Morning Herald - 23 October 1963
NSW Government Gazette - 2 January 1930
Queanbeyan Age - 4 September 1914, 11 June 1920, 5 April 1921