George STUART

Regimental number24/908
Date of birth1 May 1890
Place of birthHeyburn
OccupationLabourer
AddressGridiron Hotel, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 7.5"
Next of kinBrother, J Stuart, Livingstone via Oamaru
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 31 Tahiti on 10 October 1915
Final rankRifleman
Final unitNew Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 2 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialTancrez Farm Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No 24), nr Ieper, Belgium
Discharge date31 January 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 10 October 1915; disembarked Egypt, 18 November 1915.

Joined Western Frontier Force (to combat Senussi uprising), 21 November 1915.

Proceeded to Ismailia, 17 January 1916.

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

Detached for duty with 2nd Australian Tunnelling Company, 17 October 1916;rejoined unit, 16 February 1917.

On leave, 20 June 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 2 July 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 7 July 1917; transferred same day to 10th Casualty Clearing Station (pleurisy); to No 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples, 12 July 1917; to England, 24 July 1917, and admitted same day to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst; attached to strength of NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 5 October 1917.

Classified unfit by NZ Medical Board, 15 October 1917, and placed on NZ Roll.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HT 'Tainui', 2 November 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 31 January 1918.

Total war service: 2 years 248 days (of which 2 years 87 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: C Company/2nd NZRB
Date of death24 July 1967 Porirua
Age at death76
Sources Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805