William Alexander STEWART

Regimental number10/144
Date of birth21 June 1893
Place of birthWaikouaiti
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationDriver
AddressEketahuna
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 8"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinN Stewart, Waikouaiti, Otago
Previous military service'C' Company, 17th Ruahine Regiment
Enlistment date22 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankSapper
Final unitNo.2 New Zealand (Area) Employment Company
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 9 January 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to No.2 Australian Field Ambulance, 30 April 1915 (influenza); transferred to No.2 General Hospital, Cairo, 3 May 1915; discharged to duty, 27 May 1915.

Proceeded overseas to Dardanelles, 16 June 1915; rejoined unit, 20 June 1915.

Admitted to No.1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 30 July 1915, and transferred to Fleet Sweeper the same day (diarrhoea); to NZ General Hospital, Abbassia, 4 August 1915; to Camp, Zeitoun, 12 August 1915 (gastro-entritis).

Now employed at No.4 Training Base, Zeitoun, date not stated.

Transferred to NZ Base Depot, Ghezireh, 31 December 1915.

Rejoined unit, Ismailia, 25 January 1916.

Attached to II Anzac Corps Signal Coy, date not stated.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 6 April 1916.

Still attached to II Anzac Corps Signal Coy, 9 August 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 1 December 1917; rejoined Signal Coy, 15 December 1917.

Admitted to 1/2 North Riding Field Ambulance, 26 December 1917, and transferred to No.1 NZ Field Ambulance the same day (scabies); discharged, 31 December 1917, and rejoined 'Y' Corps Signal Coy the same day.

Posted to NZ Divisional Signal Coy, 2 March 1918, and detached to 'Y' Corps Signal Coy the same day.

Posted to No.2 NZ Area Employment Coy, 4 June 1918, and remains attached to 'Y' Corps Signal Coy.

Admitted to No.2/2 ? Field Ambulance, 11 June 1918, and transferred to No.47 Casualty Clearing Station the same day (influanza); rejoined unit, 17 June 1918.

Marched in NZ Infantry & General Base Depot, Etaples, 22 November 1918.

Proceeded to United Kingdom, 28 November 1918; marched into NZ Discharged Depot, Torquay, 29 November 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HMT 'Ruapehu', 9 January 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 21 February 1919; discharged, 22 March 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 223 days (of which 4 years 127 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death12 August 1960, Christchurch
Age at death67
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7821770