Militaria Auction Part I Saturday, 4 July 2026 / 11:00 am start
Military Cross Group to 11/1650 2/LT E G D Stewart NZEF
Realised: $6,500 plus premium
Lot Details
Captain Eric G Stewart MC Samoan Advance, Wellington & Otago Mounted Rifles and Royal Air Force Eric Stewart, from Kaikohe served with the Samoan Advance in 1914. Upon his return he enlisted in the Wellington Mounted Rifles and sailed with them to Egypt. He transferred to the Otago Mounted Rifles with whom he was wounded in France. He was awarded the Military Cross for bravery in 1918. He returned to New Zealand after the war to farm however elected to return to England in 1924 to train as a pilot with the Royal Air Force. He served as a mail pilot between Baghdad and Egypt during 1926-27 with No. 70 (B) Squadron based in Iraq. He later became an early commercial airline pilot with Imperial Airways. He was killed in a plane crash in 1937. MC Citation: Citation, L.G. 10 December 1919, p15399 For gallantry and initiative displayed on scouting patrol when attached to 33rd Infantry Brigade, 11th Division. On 8th November 1918, near Hergies, when the Infantry had lost touch with the retiring enemy, he went forward on a patrol with five other ranks. He located the enemy, and returned with valuable information. On 9th November 1918, he and one other rank rode into Aulnois, being the first British to enter, and found it clear of the enemy. He then went forward to another village, eventually bringing back the exact information required.
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