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Doric Stewart

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Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 694 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 1, Page: 694 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Doric AWMM
  • Surname
    Stewart AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Milford AWMM
    • Doric Milford Stewart AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/3170 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM Dublin Street, Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    D. Stewart (father), 29 Dublin Street, Lyttelton, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 9 October 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 6/3170 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Canterbury, New Zealand AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Doric Stewart was the son of David George Stewart, of 29 Dublin St., Lyttelton, New Zealand, and the late Sarah Charlotte Stewart. AWMM
    • Milford Doric Malcolm STEWART, was born 22/6/1892 in Lyttelton, to David George & Sara Charlotte (DURHAM) STEWART - 3rd of their 5 children; 4 sons & 1 daughter. BDM 1892/11521 shows him as (incorrectly) Milford Voric Malcolm - he was known as Doric. The family lived at 29 Dublin Street, in Lyttelton.
      He was an engineer in civilian life, probably marine as family members were involved in shipping, and did not marry. There is a memorial to him with his parents in Lyttelton Public Cemetery.
      Two brothers served in W.W.I also and the youngest brother was in the British Merchant Navy, approximately 1921-41. Public - Maurice - Other relative - 23 September 2019 - Genealogical research using BDM and Electoral Rolls, plus oral history from the family.
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Death

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  • Death
    15 December 1917 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM I. A. 14. AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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23 September 2019MauriceHamiltonOther relative

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