B66123 Corporal Peter Joseph Stewart was born in Vegreville, Alberta, on 20 Jan 1916, the son of Joseph Stewart and Eva Fedun. He came from a large Roman Catholic family having two brothers and four sisters, left school at 18, and spoke English and Ukrainian.

Stewart worked as a mechanic’s helper at a garage when he enlisted with The Queen’s Own Rifles active service battalion on 17 January 1941. He arrived in Scotland with the Regiment on 29 July 1941 and for the next three years undertook various training and attachments.

Stewart landed on Juno Beach with D Company on D-Day, 6 June 1944. He was appointed Acting Corporal on 25 July and confirmed as a Corporal on 26 October, and served with the QOR through France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

Corporal Stewart was killed in action on 19 December 1944, aged 28. He is buried in Groesbeek Canadian War Cemetery, grave reference II. D. 5.

His family had the following engraved on his marker:

HONORABLE IN ALL HIS WAYS,
LOYAL TO THE END OF HIS DAYS.
THE FAMILY