Charlie Stewart (Australian rules footballer born 1880)
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Charlie Stewart MM
(12 July 1880 – August 1957) was an Australian rules football
player and World War I
veteran.
during the 1901 VFL season
. He had came to Carlton from Essendon District.
. Rising to the rank of Acting Sergeant he was awarded the Military Medal
for bravery in March 1918.
Military Medal
The Military Medal was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land....
(12 July 1880 – August 1957) was an Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
player and World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
veteran.
Football career
Stewart played three matches for CarltonCarlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
during the 1901 VFL season
1901 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1901.-Premiership season:In 1901, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume...
. He had came to Carlton from Essendon District.
War service
Stewart was a veteran of both Gallipoli and the Western FrontWestern Front (World War I)
Following the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the German Army opened the Western Front by first invading Luxembourg and Belgium, then gaining military control of important industrial regions in France. The tide of the advance was dramatically turned with the Battle of the Marne...
. Rising to the rank of Acting Sergeant he was awarded the Military Medal
Military Medal
The Military Medal was a military decoration awarded to personnel of the British Army and other services, and formerly also to personnel of other Commonwealth countries, below commissioned rank, for bravery in battle on land....
for bravery in March 1918.