STEWART, Maxwell Graham
| Service Number: | 341 |
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| Enlisted: | 19 August 1914 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 13th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Medindie, Walkerville, South Australia |
| Schooling: | St Peter's College, Adelaide South Australia |
| Occupation: | Civil Engineer |
| Died: | Died at Sea , France, 31 July 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Gilberton Soldiers Memorial Swimming Reserve, Hackney St Peter's College Fallen Honour Board, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Walkerville St Andrew's Anglican Church WW1 Memorial Plaque, Walkerville St. Andrew's Anglican Church Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 19 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 341, 3rd Light Horse Regiment | |
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| 22 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 341, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 341, 3rd Light Horse Regiment, HMAT Port Lincoln, Adelaide | |
| 31 Jul 1917: | Involvement Lieutenant, 13th Field Company Engineers, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: awm_unit: 13th Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Lieutenant awm_died_date: 1917-07-31 | |
| Date unknown: | Wounded 13th Field Company Engineers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Nicholas Egan
Margaret Phillips
Club Historian Gilberton Amateur Swimming Club Inc
Lt. Stewart enlisted as a trooper at the beginning of the war and served several months on Gallipoli. In completion with an improvement to machine guns, he was sent to the War Office, England to explain its construction and use. He afterwards rejoined his regiment in Egypt, and was given a commission in the Machine Gun Corps and subsequently transferred to the Field Engineers. He was severely wounded in France on 10 June, 1917 and was sent to Australia on leave, but did not live to reach land. (Observer 16 February 1918 p39)
He sustained multiple wounds – Gun shot wounds to abdomen, thigh, elbow, hand, head and face. For the family it was a double loss as his brother George had already lost his life in France two years earlier.
A letter sent to Mr Graham Stewart, father. It was a great shock to us all to hear that your boy died about a day out from home. We were very anxious about him at first when he was wounded, but thought he was entirely out of danger some time ago. I wish to convey to you the sincere sympathy of the Engineers of all ranks of this division. We hoped that after a good rest we should see him back again with us, for he was a most gallant and capable officer, whose loss will be deeply felt. Perhaps you will send me a line, giving me what particulars you can. I fear he understood the journey before he was really fit for it. It must be some consolation for you to consider how well he had served his country. Believe me, with sincere sympathy. G.C.E. Elliott; Lieut. Col C.R.E. 4 th Australian Division
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