Charles William Stuart
Name Charles William Stuart
Number Private 1174
Battalion 5th Battalion
Place of Birth Inverness Scotland
Next of Kin Mrs. Mary Stuart c/o Miss Shingler The Grange Leongatha
Date and place of enlistment Broadmeadows 14/6/1914
Physical details on enlistment 26 years and 11 months
Religion Church of England
Occupation surveyor
Date and place of death He died in the Second Scottish General Hospital on 4/12/1918 bronchial pneumonia associated with influenza.
Location of grave or memorial
He was buried in the Private Burial Grounds of Blackfaulds Avon Bridge Linthigow Scotland
Relationship to Woorayl Shire
He was married to Mary Kenny of the pioneer family
Military History
- His wife was a Kenny and she was living in Leongatha and working for Miss Shingler
- 16/12/14 He enlisted at Broadmeadows
- He was 3 years in the Seaforth Highlanders
- 22/12/14 He embarked Melbourne on HMAT Themistocles
- 3/5/15 He joined his battalion at Gallipoli
- 18/5/15 He was admitted to the Australian Field Ambulance with a contusion of the right eye
- 19/5/15 He transferred to No 11 ccs
- 23/5/15 He joined the battalion
- 29/7/15 He is admitted to No1 casualty clearing station with influenza and conjunctivitis went to Mudros on Lemnos to No 1 stationary hospital
- 3/8/15 He rejoined his unit
- 23/8/15 He had influenza and went to Egypt on the Guilford Castle going to Alexandria and them Port Said
- 28/8/15 He is transferred to Convalescent camp Cairo
- 10/2/16 He joined the 58th Battalion
- 2/4/16 He transferred to the 57th Battalion
- 29/5/16 He was in hospital with tonsillitis
- 3/7/16 He was discharged to duty still in Egypt
- 2/8/16 He embarked Alexandria and disembarked Marseilles 8/8/16
- He went to London to the King George Hospital in Stamford St Harefield
- 2/11/16 He was granted furlough
- 27/11/16 He was admitted to Harefield Hospital
- In May 1917 he went to the 67th Battalion
- He was in trouble through 1917
- 12/9/17 He went to France from Southampton
- He was in trouble again and in hospital to March 1918
- He went back to England to Weymouth to The Second Command Depot
- 23/10/18 He went to 2nd Scots General Hospital Edinburgh while on leave
- 5/12/18 He died of bronchial pneumonia
- He had a private burial in the grounds of Blackfaulds Avon Bridge Linlithgow. The service was taken by Reverend Garvie
- At the funeral were his mother, sisters, cousins and Mr. Flett
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