Robert Charles Andrew STUART

Regimental number11/1064
Date of birth15 April 1885
Place of birthTasmania, Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBushman
AddressCriterion Boardinghouse, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation32.7
Height5' 7"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinFather, Robert Walter Stuart, Wynyard, Tasmania, Australia
Previous military serviceServed in Tasmanian Mounted Rifles ; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date15 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Aparima on 14 February 1915
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 8 August 1915
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsThe Lone Pine Memorial (Panel No 72), Gallipoli, Turkey

The Lone Pine Memorial, situated in the Lone Pine Cemetery at Anzac, is the main Australian Memorial on Gallipoli, and one of four memorials to men of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. Designed by Sir John Burnet, the principal architect of the Gallipoli cemeteries, it is a thick tapering pylon 14.3 metres high on a square base 12.98 metres wide. It is constructed from limestone mined at Ilgardere in Turkey.

The Memorial commemorates the 3268 Australians and 456 New Zealanders who have no known grave and the 960 Australians and 252 New Zealanders who were buried at sea after evacuation through wounds or disease. The names of New Zealanders commemorated are inscribed on stone panels mounted on the south and north sides of the pylon, while those of the Australians are listed on a long wall of panels in front of the pylon and to either side. Names are arranged by unit and rank.

The Memorial stands over the centre of the Turkish trenches and tunnels which were the scene of heavy fighting during the August offensive. Most cemeteries on Gallipoli contain relatively few marked graves, and the majority of Australians killed on Gallipoli are commemorated here.

Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Brother: Mr G.A. Stewart, 16 Wilson Street, Wanganui
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Wounded in action, no date recorded (gun shot wound, abdomen); transferred to HMHS 'Delta', Anzac, 7 August 1915.

Died at sea of wounds sustained at Gallipoli.

War service: 237 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 7822502

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