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Victorian Naval Forces Muster

for the Colony of Victoria. (muster range 1853-1910)*

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Last Name:Stewart
First Name:George
Rank:Able Seaman
Birth Date: 26-01-1866
Branch:Victorian Navy

George Baxter Stewart

Able Seaman

Photo and text (written by Lois Woodward)
courtesy of the Museum of HMAS Cerberus.

 

  

From a group photo of the Naval Brigade Band in 1899 courtesy of Ada Ackerly.

George Baxter Stewart joined the Victorian Naval Brigade on 7-6-1889 and served continuously until he commenced service with the Royal Australian Navy on 1-7-1911. His name appears as No. 33 on the Enrolment Form of the Victorian Naval Contingent for service in China in 1900 (Boxer Rebellion), and he was awarded the China Contingent Medal, the Long Service & Good Conduct Medal and the 1914-18 War Medal.

 

He was also one of the three signatories to a letter dated 18-5-1901 to Commander Colquhoun from the Petty Officers and men of the Naval Contingent from China, expressing dissatisfaction that the Victorian Contingent was to be paid a lesser gratuity than that to be paid to the New South Wales contingent. They asked for the same terms (and received them!).


 

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Prot 5' 8" 35" Prop Brown Blue both arms  

From Volunteer Listing kept by CPO Goding & held by grandson Lawrence Dilks, Williamstown. Compared with China Contingent List. Prepared by Ada Ackerly, Directory Williamstown Museum, c 1987.


 

Profile in The Australian Illustrated Enclclopaedia of The Boxer Uprising 1899-1901, Justin Corfield, Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae Australia, 2001.


 

Profile in The Australian Illustrated Enclclopaedia of The Boxer Uprising 1899-1901, Justin Corfield, Slouch Hat Publications, McCrae Australia, 2001.


 

More details on this person can be found in the Victorian Navy Certificates of Service This is a very large pdf file of 109 mb and takes 13 minutes to download with a 1.5 mbps internet connection.

 


* 1853 is given as the commencement date for the Victorian Navy as this is the year that Commander Lockyer (RN) went to Britain to superintend the building of HMCS Victoria.
Although the Victorian Navy ended in 1901 the career of Cerbeus etc continued. In 1910 the new ships started arriving & manning levels increased.

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