Keith Lindsay Stewart
Born 30 Dec 1896 - Died 13 Nov 1972
- Service number
- WWI 50623 AWMM
- Interwar/Regular Military Service 1001 AWMM
- WWII 6194 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1 Captain/Military Military Personnel File
- War
About
- Title
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- Forenames
- Keith Lindsay AWMM
- Surname
- Stewart AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- WWI 50623 AWMM
- Interwar/Regular Military Service 1001 AWMM
- WWII 6194 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Religion
- Church of England, Christian AWMM
Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 30 Dec 1896 Military Personnel File
- Date of birth
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- Place of birth
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- Birth notes
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- Address before enlistment
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- WW1 David Stewart (father), Union Bank, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- WW2 Mrs Rita Stewart (wife), C/o Messrs H.W. Moss Limited, Post Office Box 976, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Pre 07 Jun 1917 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
- 5 Sept 1922 AWMM Married/WWII AWMM
Rita Stewart AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- Campaign
- 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
- Western Desert AWMM
- 1915-1918 AWMM Sinai-Palestine AWMM
- Greece AWMM
- Italy AWMM
- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 50623 AWMM
- Interwar/Regular Military Service 1001 AWMM
- WWII 6194 AWMM
- Military service
- British Commonwealth Occupation Force Japan (BCOF), Headquarters AWMM
- Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) (Military) AWMM
Jul 1945 AWMM - Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (CB) AWMM
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Victory Medal AWMM
- France and Germany Star AWMM
- 1939-1945 Star AWMM
- Africa Star AWMM
- Italy Star AWMM
- Defence Medal AWMM
- War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) Twice AWMM
- New Zealand Long and Efficient Service Medal AWMM
- Legion of Merit (USA) AWMM
- Military Cross (Greece) AWMM
- Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) (Military) AWMM
London Gazette 03/06/1919 AWMM - Korea Medal (EIIR) AWMM
- United Nations Medal for Korea AWMM
- New Zealand Operational Service Medal AWMM
- Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
- Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (KBE) (Military) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
- Military training
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 1914 Military Personnel File Cadet Officer/Military Military Personnel File
- Age on enlistment
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- Occupation before enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 Vessel was Westralia AWMM Lieutenant/Military Military Personnel File 28th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Military Personnel File
- WW2 Lieutenant Colonel/Military Military Personnel File Headquarters, Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force Base Military Personnel File
2nd Embarkation AWMM - WW2 Brigadier/Military Military Personnel File Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM - Jayforce 9th New Zealand Infantry Brigade, Headquarters AWMM British Commonwealth Occupation Force (BCOF) Japan AWMM
4th Embarkation AWMM
Prisoner of war
- Capture details
- WW2 POW - Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Germany AWMM
01 Aug 1944-02 Sep 1944 AWMM
Reported missing in Italy during a visit to the front line AWMM - WW2 POW - Oflag XII-A (renamed XII-B), Hadamar, Hesse, Germany AWMM
- WW2 POW - Stalag VII-A, Moosburg, Germany AWMM
- Days interned
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- Liberation date
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- POW liberation details
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- Liberation Repatriation
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- POW serial number
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- 23 Nov 1917 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Defective vision due to conjunctivitus, sent to officer's convalescent hospital, Egypt. AWMM - Height, WWII AWMM
6' AWMM - Complexion, WWII AWMM
Ruddy AWMM - Eye colour, WWII AWMM
Grey AWMM - Hair colour, WWII AWMM
Fair AWMM - Weight, WWI AWMM
11 stone 6lbs AWMM - Height, WWI AWMM
6' AWMM
- 23 Nov 1917 AWMM Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 14 Dec 1919 Military Personnel File
Discharged from NZEF to New Zealand Staff Corps AWMM
Captain/Military Military Personnel File - 1954 Military Personnel File
Posted to retired list AWMM
- WW1 14 Dec 1919 Military Personnel File
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Educated at Napier Boys' High School and Wanganui Collegiate School. Attended Duntroon. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 13 Nov 1972 Military Personnel File
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
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- Death notes
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- Cemetery
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- Grave reference
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- Obituary
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Memorial
- Memorial name
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Sources
- External links
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20550873
Further Reference - New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
http://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/name-209342.html
Further Reference - Dictionary of New Zealand Biography
http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5s45/stewart-keith-lindsay
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24063791
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24207605
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24207606
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24207607
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24207608
Further Reference - Military Personnel File
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24207609
Further Reference - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Lindsay_Stewart
Further Reference - Wikidata Entity
http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6384652
Further Reference - Romano, Gail. Jayforce: 75 Years On. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 4 March 2021.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
Further Reference - Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22440245
Sources Used - Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer. Zenodo Record.
https://zenodo.org/records/3955186
Further Reference - J Force Wikipedia Page
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J_Force
Further Reference - Romano, G. (2021, March 4). Jayforce: 75 years on. Auckland War Memorial Museum – Tāmaki Paenga Hira.
https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/jayforce
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
64: 8 - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 1: WW2 173 - Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1945). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 12 (Embarkations from 1st July, 1943 to 31st December, 1943). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
WW2 12: WW2 185 - Great Britain Army. (1945). Germany and German occupied territories : imperial prisoners of war alphabetical list : section 4. London, U.K.: Government Printer.
- 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.
- Nominal rolls - Embarkation rolls J-force personnel from Italy Middle East to Japan. Archives New Zealand (R22440245)
p.117 - Mason, W.W. (1954) Prisoners of war. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch.
- Chamberlain, H. (2013). The New Zealand Korea Roll : honouring those who served in the New Zealand Armed Forces in Korea, 1950-1957. Wellington, N.Z.: Author.
- McGibbon, I.C. (1992-1996). New Zealand and the Korean War (Vols. 1-2). Auckland, N.Z.; Wellington, N.Z.: Oxford University Press in association with the Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs.
- Brocklebank, L.W. (1997). Jayforce : New Zealand and the military occupation of Japan, 1945-48. Auckland, N.Z.: Oxford University Press.
- Parr, A. (2012). The occupiers : New Zealand veterans remember post-war Japan. Auckland, N.Z. : Penguin.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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