Soldier profiles
Name : STEWART, ERIC DOUGLAS
Service Number : VX56726
Date of Birth : 28/05/1920
Place of Birth : MELBOURNE, VIC
Known as :
Occupation on Enlistment :
Date of Enlistment : 27/05/1941
Locality on Enlistment : UNKNOWN
Place of Enlistment : ROYAL PARK, VIC
Next of Kin : STEWART, OSWALD
Rank (at time of discharge / death) : PRIVATE
Service : ARMY
Final Posting : 2/2 PIONEER BATTALION
Position / Platoon / Company (as 2/2 Pioneer) (date / details) :
Unit Transfers / Promotions (date / details) :
Theatres of War : SYRIA, JAVA
Actions :
Wounded (date / details) :
Discharged : 09/01/1946
Date Died : 25/08/2002
Age at Death : 82
Community Roll of Honour : N/A
Buried Location / Memorial (P.O.W., D.O.W., K.I.A.) : MOUNT GRAVATT CEMETERY, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA. PART ANZAC. PORTION 3. GRAVE 899C.
K.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
D.O.W. (date / details) : N/A
M.I.A. (date / details) : N/A
P.O.W. (location/s) : JAVA
Died P.O.W. (date / details) : NO
P.O.W. Camps (details) : JAVA
Recovered P.O.W. (location/s) : SUMATRA
Honours and Gallantry : None for display
Applicable Australian War Memorial circulars : Australian War Memorial B-JAVA-0083 Missing & POW Circular
References found (entries & photos) : National Archives of Australia (Barcode 6116531 [OPEN], Barcode 1037707 [OPEN]), WW2 Nominal Roll, Australian War Memorial, Past article (size 888kB), Past article (size 346kB), Past article (size 291kB)
Background : Repatriated to Australia on H.M.A.S. Manunda. Funeral 29/08/2002.
