Hugh Stewart
Born 1 Sept 1884
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- WWI 6/982 AWMM
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- Army AWMM
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- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- Hugh AWMM
- Surname
- Stewart AWMM
- Ingoa
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- WWI 6/982 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 1 Sept 1884 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
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- Address before enlistment
- Unknown AWMM Canterbury College, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM
- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs Stewart, 60 East Claremont Street, Edinburgh, Scotland AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Campaign
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 6/982 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Military Cross (MC) AWMM
London Gazette 14/01/1916 AWMM - Companion of the Distinguished Service Order and bar (DSO*) AWMM
DSO London Gazette 04/06/1917 | Bar D.S.O.: London Gazette 1 January 1918, p17, Rec No 1192 AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Five Times AWMM
London Gazette 28 January 1916, p1210 | London Gazette 4 January 1917, p261, Rec No 382 | London Gazette 1 June 1917, p5429 | London Gazette 28 December 1917, p13575 | London Gazette 11 July 1919, p8836 : In connection with the operations described in General I. Hamilton’s despatch AWMM - Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) AWMM
London Gazette 3 June 1919, p6793, Rec No 3356 AWMM
- Military Cross (MC) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 University professor/Civilian AWMM
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Embarkations
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- WW1 16 Oct 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 4 or HMNZT 11 AWMM Vessel was Tahiti or Athenic AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM Main Body AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
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Last known rank
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Biographical information
- Enlisted, appointed to rank of lieutenant, taken on strength Canterbury Infantry Battalion and posted to 13th (North Canterbury) Company, 13 August 1914.
Reported wounded in action, the Dardanelles, 6 June 1915.
Promoted to rank of captain, the Dardanelles, 9 August 1915.
Transferred to Auckland Infantry Battalion with temporary rank of major, the Dardanelles, 11 August 1915.
Promoted to rank of lieutenant-colonel, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, Egypt, 27 February 1916.
Awarded Croix de Guerre (French), 31 May 1917.
Reported wounded in action, 6 June 1917, France; admitted 4th London General Hospital, England, 10 June 1917 (shrapnel wounds, multiple).
Awarded Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for distinguished service in the field, 15 June 1917.
Appointed to command 2nd New Zealand Infantry Brigade, France, 22 December 1917.
Mentioned in despatches by Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig for distinguished and gallant service in the field, 31 December 1917.
Awarded bar to DSO for distinguished service in the field, 1 January 1918.
Relinquishes command of 2nd New Zealand Infantry Brigade and resumes command of 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 10 January 1918.
12 Alexandrina Kathleen Johnston, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire, England, 21 February 1918.
Appointed to command 2nd New Zealand Infantry Brigade, 6 August 1918; relinquishes command of 2nd New Zealand Infantry Brigade, and resumes command of 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 22 August 1918.
Embarked onboard HMNZT 'Ruahine' in England and commenced return to New Zealand, 3 November 1919; disembarked at Wellington, 26 December 1919. Struck off strength of New Zealand Expeditionary Force and absorbed into the Reserve of Officers with rank of lieutenant-colonel, relinquishing temporary rank of colonel, 24 January 1920. AWMM
About death
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7821592
Further Reference - Other military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7880944
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Page No: 694 - NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
- 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. 2: Includes portrait - Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
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