The fourth of seven children.
At age 15 he joined the 14th Canadian Light Horse and spent the summer training on horseback at Dundurn. In 1942, Stewart volunteered with the RCNVR and served in WWII on four ships; the "Wolf", the Malispina, the HMCS Prince Henry, and sailed the "high seas" on the HMCS Prince David. On December 10, 1944, while in the Mediterranean, the Prince David hit a mine in Piraeus harbour and escaped catastrophe by a hair's breadth. Stewart was a D-Day veteran. After his discharge from the Navy, he served 10 years in RCAF on numerous bases. He was also chosen by NATO forces to serve in Germany on a NATO airbase. He spent three years there with his family.
Predeceased by his parents Charles and Agnes Duff, 2 brothers Charles and Den, and 1 sister Margaret.
At age 15 he joined the 14th Canadian Light Horse and spent the summer training on horseback at Dundurn. In 1942, Stewart volunteered with the RCNVR and served in WWII on four ships; the "Wolf", the Malispina, the HMCS Prince Henry, and sailed the "high seas" on the HMCS Prince David. On December 10, 1944, while in the Mediterranean, the Prince David hit a mine in Piraeus harbour and escaped catastrophe by a hair's breadth. Stewart was a D-Day veteran. After his discharge from the Navy, he served 10 years in RCAF on numerous bases. He was also chosen by NATO forces to serve in Germany on a NATO airbase. He spent three years there with his family.
Predeceased by his parents Charles and Agnes Duff, 2 brothers Charles and Den, and 1 sister Margaret.
The fourth of seven children.
At age 15 he joined the 14th Canadian Light Horse and spent the summer training on horseback at Dundurn. In 1942, Stewart volunteered with the RCNVR and served in WWII on four ships; the "Wolf", the Malispina, the HMCS Prince Henry, and sailed the "high seas" on the HMCS Prince David. On December 10, 1944, while in the Mediterranean, the Prince David hit a mine in Piraeus harbour and escaped catastrophe by a hair's breadth. Stewart was a D-Day veteran. After his discharge from the Navy, he served 10 years in RCAF on numerous bases. He was also chosen by NATO forces to serve in Germany on a NATO airbase. He spent three years there with his family.
Predeceased by his parents Charles and Agnes Duff, 2 brothers Charles and Den, and 1 sister Margaret.
At age 15 he joined the 14th Canadian Light Horse and spent the summer training on horseback at Dundurn. In 1942, Stewart volunteered with the RCNVR and served in WWII on four ships; the "Wolf", the Malispina, the HMCS Prince Henry, and sailed the "high seas" on the HMCS Prince David. On December 10, 1944, while in the Mediterranean, the Prince David hit a mine in Piraeus harbour and escaped catastrophe by a hair's breadth. Stewart was a D-Day veteran. After his discharge from the Navy, he served 10 years in RCAF on numerous bases. He was also chosen by NATO forces to serve in Germany on a NATO airbase. He spent three years there with his family.
Predeceased by his parents Charles and Agnes Duff, 2 brothers Charles and Den, and 1 sister Margaret.
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