Stewart, Charles Roger
SURNAME
Stewart
NAME
Charles Roger
PLACE OF BIRTH
Spring Creek, Port Douglas, Qld
OCCUPATION
Farmer
PLACE OF ENLISTMENT
Cairns, Qld
DATE OF ENLISTMENT
29-04-1916
NEXT OF KIN
Isabella Stewart (mother), Spring Creek, Mowbray, Qld
LINK TO DOUGLAS SHIRE
Born Port Douglas, address Mowbray
REGIMENT 1
26th Battalion AIF
RANK
Lance Corporal
CAMPAIGN 1
Western Front
KILLED IN ACTION
Yes 29-08-1918, Mont St Quentin
OTHER INFORMATION
Awarded the 1914/15 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. War medals returned to his mother.
STORY OUTLINE
Charles Stewart was born in Port Douglas and worked the family farm at Spring Creek, Mowbray.
He enlisted in April 1916 and embarked from Brisbane 7 September 1916 for England.
He fought in France and Belgium but was killed in action on 28 August 1918.
He was buried near Parleux, France but in 1920 his remains were exhumed and re-interred in the Ennemain Communal Cemetery Extension near Peronne.
His mother was sent his war medals, Memorial Plaque, Memorial Scroll and King's Message.
SERVICE NO
5679
