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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5' 8" |
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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.
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