James Douglas Stewart

Forenames

James Douglas AWMM

Surname

Stewart AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/514 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Date of birth

3rd October 1890

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 December 2024 - Military Record

Place of birth

Kaiapoi, Canterbury

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 December 2024 - Military Record

Birth notes

Son of James and Elizabeth Stewart, of Canterbury

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 December 2024 - https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/casualties/james-douglas-stewart

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Whangarei, North Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

James Stewart (father), Hemp Expert, Department of Agriculture, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Feb 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 16/514 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Soldier/Military AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Feb 1915-26 Mar 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 20 AWMM Vessel was Warrimoo AWMM Sergeant Major AWMM Headquarters Staff AWMM 1st Maori Contingent AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of James and Elizabeth Stewart of Canterbury

Next of Kin: Mr J. Stewart, Dept of Agriculture, Auckld (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

14 Nov 1917 AWMM
Age  27 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Ramleh War Cemetery, Israel AWMM M38 AWMM

Obituary

STEWART.— Killed in action. Palestine, November 14, Lieutenant James Doug.as Stewart (of Now Zealand Defence Forces), only son of Mr and Mis James Stewart, "Wellington, late of Waikuku, Canterbury

Public - Lorraine Mona - Researcher - 8 December 2024 - ROLL OF HONOUR - Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17644, 23 November 1917, Page 1

Memorial name

• Ayun Kara Memorial (destroyed), Palestine AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Powles, C.G. (1922). The New Zealanders in Sinai and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe and Tombs. Digitised copy on NZETC site.
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Sina.html
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7821623
  Further Reference
• New Zealand Mounted Rifles website. Ayun Kara.
  http://www.nzmr.org/ayunkara.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/653377/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/653377
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference
• Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20210315175255/http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1CMRi-t1-body.html
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 694
• Powles, C.G. (Ed). (1928). History of the Canterbury Mounted Rifles 1914-19. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
  Ayun Kara Memorial (since destroyed) erected at the site of the original burials to remember those who died 14 November 1917. (1922), p. 264
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand. Army. 1st Maori Contingent. Scroll of the 1st New Zealand Maori Contingent, 1915. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-624.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Pugsley, C. (1995). Te Hokowhitu a Tu : the Maori Pioneer Battalion in the first World War. Auckland, N.Z.: Reed.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.