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Military service
Service number:
192395
Age:
34
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
42nd Bn.
Birth:
June 16, 1883
Edinburgh, Scotland
Enlistment:
September 10, 1915
Toronto, Ontario
Death:
November 2, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Additional information
Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Stewart, of Roadside Forse, Latheron, Caithness, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Alexander Stewart
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Press Clipping
In memory of the members of the 15th, 92nd and 134th Battalions (48th Highlanders) who went to war and did not return. Remembered by the 48th Highlanders Museum 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
War Diary
Diary entry From the 42nd Battalion's war diary. -
Attestation Paper
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Attestation Paper
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Menin Gate
Menin Gate Memorial Every evening the Last Post Ceremony is performed with large numbers of visitors in attendance. -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Private Stewart enlisted in the 92nd Bn but was transferred to the 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada) as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret'd) V.Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Cap Badge
Cap Badge 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Stewart enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder Patch 42nd Bn (Royal Highlanders of Canada). Pte Stewart enlisted with the 92nd Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada) but was transferred to the 42nd Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt (ret’d) V. Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project team. DILEAS GU BRATH
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Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the Project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Telegram December 1917. Submitted for the Project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Alexander Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Alexander Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Alexander Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Alexander Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Alexander Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Alexander Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Alexander Stewart
Digital gallery of
Private Robert Alexander Stewart
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 333 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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