James Stewart | |
Birth Date: | 19 January 1884 |
Birth Place: | Belfast, Victoria |
Death Place: | South Melbourne, Victoria |
Allegiance: | Australia |
Branch: | Australian Army |
Serviceyears: | 1901–1934 1942–1945 |
Rank: | Brigadier General |
Commands: | Melbourne Metropolitan Group, Volunteer Defence Corps (1942–45) 15th Brigade (1930–34) 10th Brigade (1921–26) 14th Brigade (1918–21) 57th Battalion (1916–18) |
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Awards: | Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George Distinguished Service Order& Bar Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration Mentioned in dispatches (5) |
Brigadier General James Campbell Stewart, (19 January 1884 – 2 June 1947) was an Australian public servant and a senior officer in the Australian Army during the First World War.[1]
Stewart commanded the Melbourne Metropolitan Group of the Volunteer Defence Corps during the Second World War, and died at his home in Melbourne at the age of 63.[1] [2]