Harry STEWART

Regimental number18429
Date of birth15 December 1880
Place of birthGovan, Glasgow, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationProfessional golfer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34.11
Height5' 10.5"
Weight155 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs N R Stewart, 65 Ellice Street, Wellington
Previous military serviceServed for 9 months in the Cape Colony Cycle Corps, South Africa.
Enlistment date12 October 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 7th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 62 Mokoia on 21 August 1916
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: the late Joseph and Anne Stewart; Wife: Nancy Rhoda Stewart, 85 Rongotai Terrace, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Dunedin, 20 August 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 24 October 1916; marched into Sling Camp, 25 October 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 4 December 1916; joined 1st Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 18 January 1917, and posted to C Company.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 7 April 1917 (pleurisy); transferred to 10th Stationary Hospital, 7 April 1917; rejoined unit, 15 April 1917.

Detached to NZ Working Bn, 21 April 1917; rejoined unit, 19 May 1917.

Detached to School of Instruction, 12 July 1917; admitted to NZ Stationary Hospital, 26 July 1917 (alveolar abscess); discharged to duty, 30 July 1917; rejoined unit, 12 August 1917.

Transferred to D Company, 1 September 1917.

Proceeded on leave, 31 August 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 13 September 1917.

Detached to Brigade School, 19 September 1917; rejoined unit from detachment, 25 September 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 33
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7880943