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QX19998
Private
Alvo Benjamin Stewart
Australian Army Ordnance Corps.
A.I.F. 2/3 Ordnance Store Coy.
History
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Born:-
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5th July 1913
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Date of Enlistment:-
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30 June 1941
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Locality on Enlistment:-
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North Ipswich, Qeensland
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Place of Enlistment:-
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Brisbane, Queensland
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Next of Kin:-
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Stewart, Ethel
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Service History
Alvo served in the RAAF as a wireless operator and air gunner during WW2 and was seconded to the USAAF in early 1943.
He took part in the Battle of the Bismarck Sea.
Japanese POW
Prison Number - 1302
1st Sandakan march (9 groups leaving Sandakan between 29th January and the 6th February 1945).
Died
Age 31
4th February 1945
Death recorded as Cardiac Beriberi by the Japanese.
Died at Mandorin, a tributary of the Labuk, about 60 miles from Sandakan, beside the track.
Loved Ones
Husband of Ethel Catherine Stewart, of Valley, Queensland
Memorial
Panel 28.
Labuan Memorial
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