This is the fourth in the series of BajanThings posts that profile Errol Walton Barrow’s crew in RAF 88 Squadron, “B” Flight, Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) during World War II. That crew consisted of: English pilot Andrew Leslie Cole and two Australian rear Wireless operator and Air Gunners (WAGs): Leo Leslie Schultz and Robert Allen “Shorty” Stewart.
After years and years of searching for the family of Robert Allen “Shorty” Stewart, Google connected us!
Shorty’s wife Audrey Alice Stewart (nee Smith) died on 15th January 2024 aged 99 in Australia. Following Audrey’s death, a family member came across the Errol Barrow posts which included photographs of their grandfather Robert Allen “Shorty” Stewart and contacted BajanThings.
Shorty met Audrey Smith from Winnipeg while he was training in Canada in 1943 to be a Wireless Operator and Air Gunner. At the time he was at No. 2 Wireless Training School in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Andy Cole in his book “The Beautiful Blonde in the Bank” mentions Audrey. Following the completion of their crew training at No. 31 Operational Training Unit, RAF Debert, Nova Scotia, Canada and pre embarkation for the UK on 13th June 1944, the crew were entitled to 14 days embarkation leave:
- Leo went to New York,
- Errol went to Orange, New Jersey to visit Carolyn Plaskett, where her father The Rev. George Plaskett was the rector of The Church of the Epiphany,
- Shorty and his pilot Andy made the trip from Nova Scotia to Winnipeg – a 3,400km trip westwards via Montreal on the Dominion transcontinental passenger train operated by the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR). Shorty went to propose to Audrey who lived in Winnipeg. Andy went to see his host family during his initial pilot training, the Foster’s, who lived in Gimli which is 82km north of Winnipeg on the west side of Lake Winnipeg.
After the war Audrey Smith made her way from Canada to Australia in 1946. Shorty and Audrey married in Sydney on 20th April 1946. They had 3 children.
Like Leo Schultz who was known back in Australia as: Les Schultz; Shorty Stewart was known back in Australia as: Allen Stewart.
This post is a tribute to Robert Allen “Shorty” Stewart. It pulls together photographs and details from our previous posts on the Andy Cole crew together with recently released RAAF service records by the National Archives of Australia and some photographs of Shorty and Audrey that were shared by the Stewart family.
Robert Allen “Shorty” Stewart was born on: 5th January 1919. Prior to signing up for the RAAF Allen had worked for two years as a signwriter for Sterling Paint and Varnish Company. He joined the RAAF on 21st July 1942 at RAAF Bradfield Park, Sydney, as an AC2, and trained in Canada where he was assigned to a crew that included English pilot Andrew Leslie Cole RAF, Barbadian navigator Errol Walton Barrow RAF and fellow Australian wireless air gunner (WAG) Leo Leslie Schultz RAAF. The two WAGs had previously been assigned to pilot Ken Higgins’ crew who was court martialled for flying too low.
On completion of training in Canada the two RAAF wireless air gunners in the crew; Shorty Stewart and Leo Schultz were both promoted to Flight Sergeant.
Prior to the disbandment of 88 Squadron both Shorty Stewart and Leo Schultz were promoted to Pilot Officer effective 5th April 1945 and to Flying Officer six months later on 5th October 1945. Prior to returning to Australia both undertook a four week officers training course at RAF Hereford.
Shorty and Leo disembarked in Sydney prior to demob on 17th October 1945. Shorty was demobbed from RAAF Bradfield Park, Sydney on 13th December 1945.
After returning to Australia from World War II, like Les who went back to work for The Rural Bank of New South Wales, Allen went back to work with the painting company he had worked with before World War II: Sterling Paint and Varnish Company and went to work painting the Sydney Harbour bridge alongside future Australian movie star Paul Hogan.
RAF 88 Squadron, “B” Flight, as part of 2nd Tactical Air Force (2TAF) role was to support the Allied ground forces, bombing German communication infrastructure positions, airfields, railway yards, marshalling areas, bridges…
The newbie Cole crew joined RAF 88 Squadron, “B” Flight, 2TAF on 20th September 1945 at RAF Hartford Bridge in Hampshire (later know as RAF Blackbushe) having completed a 6 week Douglas Boston conversion course at No.13 Operational Training Unit at RAF Finmere in Buckinghamshire.
In Canada the crew had trained on Lockheed Hudson’s where pilot Andy Cole had accrued nearly 90 hours flying that aircraft type. The Douglas Boston IIIs and IVs they would be flying with 88 Squadron “B” Flight, were a lot different.
The Douglas Boston had a top speed of 339mph vs 249 mph for the Lockheed Hudson. The Boston had a tricycle undercarriage, whereas the Hudson had a tailwheel (aka tail-dragger).
In the Lockheed Hudson the four crew were all connected. In the Douglas Boston the pilot and navigator were in two separate compartments at the front of the aircraft and the two WAGs shared a tight compartment towards the rear of the aircraft where the ventral (aka belly or under) machine gun and dorsal (aka upper) machine gun turret were located.
At RAF Finmere during the conversion course Andy Cole clocked up 29hours 55min of flying time as first pilot on the Douglas Boston.
The Cole crew’s first operational sortie with 88 Squadron was on: 23rd September 1944 and it took 1hr 45mins. It was to bomb a German Strongpoint at Escalles which is 13 kilometres west of Calais. It was pretty uneventful says Leo Schultz in his memoire:
“Our first mission was Calais on the French Coast, this was uneventful, I thought that if this is operations it will do me.”
Taken from: Leo Schultz’s memoire
The crew’s second operational sortie set the scene for what was to come. This sortie was two days later on: 25th September 1944 and took 3hrs 20mins. It was to bomb German gun positions at Arnhem.
Given the Cole crew were newbies and inexperienced, in the morning before the start of the mission, they had a 45 minutes fighter affiliation training flight. As a newbie crew they had a lot of on-the-job learning to do to get them up to speed flying operational sorties!
Unlike their first combat mission, this second sortie was a baptism by fire. It was the first time the newbie crew were attacked by Luftwaffe fighters and there was a lot of incoming German flak.
(This image was used on the box of Airfix Douglas Boston III 1/72 model kits)
It must have been unimaginably terrifying being attacked by Luftwaffe fighters and being on the receiving end of a lot of incoming German flak, which if it didn’t damage the aircraft would have bounced the aircraft about. It was probably even more terrifying for the two WAGs isolated from the pilot and navigator towards the rear of the aircraft.
Douglas Boston IIIs and Boston IVs had different perplex noses for the Navigator’s compartment.
Rear Gunners compartment for Douglas Boston. Boston IIIs had a flexible 0.50-inch Browning dorsal (upper) machine gun mount with 400 rounds. The Boston IV had a powered turret for the dorsal (upper) gun with two 0.50-inch Browning machine gun with 400 rounds per gun. Both had one 0.50-inch Browning machine gun in the ventral (lower) position with 400 rounds.
This is how Leo Schultz recalled that second mission in his memoire:
“The second mission was bombing gun positions at Arnhem in Holland in support of 8,000 British Paratroopers who had been dropped to take the Arnhem Bridge [Operation Market Garden]… There was very heavy flak and plenty of German fighter planes. I was relieved to get back to Britain – this sortie completely changed my vision of operations.”
Taken from: Leo Schultz’s memoire
After just four missions based at RAF Hartford Bridge in early October 1944 RAF 88 Squadron decamped to Northern France occupying a former German Airfield at Vitry-en-Artois between Arras and Douai, not very far from Lille in Northern France.
The Cole aircrew, as the newbie crew, got the job of accompanying the lorries transferring 88 Squadron’s kit by road from RAF Hartford Bridge to Vitry-en-Artois.
Prior to Victory in Europe (VE Day) on 8th May 1945, RAF 88 Squadron was disbanded on 6th April 1945 following the Allied armies rapid advance.
Between the crew’s first sortie on 23rd September 1944 and their 51st sortie on 26th March 1945 the crew accrued 109 hrs and 5 minutes operational flying time.
Below is a table of Andy Coles sorties. This will likely mirror Shorty’s. The crew mainly flew together. In some cases crews in “B” Flight helped out crews in “A” Flight if there were crew shortages and vice versa . For instance Errol Barrow is only listed as navigator for 48 of Andy Cole’s 51 sorties. He was absent from the crew between 28th February 1945 and 10th March 1945. This might have coincided with Errol’s promotion from SGT to P/O and him attending a fast-track Officer’s training course?
| F/O Andrew Cole Sorties | Date | Aircraft Type-Number | Sortie Details & Location | Flt time (h:mm) | RAF Station / Base |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 23-Sep-1944 | Boston IIIa-229 | Operations – Strongpoint Escalles | 1:45 | RAF Hartford Bridge (lka RAF Blackbushe) |
| 2 | 25-Sep-1944 | Boston IV-411 | Operations – Gun Position Arnhem | 3:20 | RAF Hartford Bridge (lka RAF Blackbushe) |
| 3 | 02-Oct-1944 | Boston IV-454 | Operations – TRO. Concns. Nr. Nijmegen | 3:05 | RAF Hartford Bridge (lka RAF Blackbushe) |
| 4 | 03-Oct-1944 | Boston IV-411 | Operations – TRO. Concns. Nr. Nijmegen | 3:30 | RAF Hartford Bridge (lka RAF Blackbushe) |
| 5 | 28-Oct-1944 | Boston IV-447 | Operations – Rail BDGE Over Maas at Roemunde | 2:15 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 6 | 28-Oct-1944 | Boston IV-447 | Operations – Rail BDGE Over Maas at Venlo | 1:55 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 7 | 29-Oct-1944 | Boston IV-448 | Operations – Rail BDGE Over Maas at Roermond | 1:40 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 8 | 11-Nov-1944 | Boston IV-447 | Ops – Marshalling Yards Oldenzaal Light Inaccurate Flak Abortive | 3:00 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 9 | 19-Nov-1944 | Boston IV-448 | Ops – Marshalling Yards Viersen Mod. Accurate Flak Target Hit | 2:15 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 10 | 21-Nov-1944 | Boston IV-447 | Ops – Road Bridge, Randerath Mod. Acc. Flak Operation Abortive | 2:00 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 11 | 25-Nov-1944 | Boston IV-447 | Op – Marshalling Yards, Rheydt Intense Accurate Flak (Munchen-Gladbach) | 2:00 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 12 | 29-Nov-1944 | Boston IV-432 | Ops -Strongpoint Dunkerque No Flak Bombs Hung Up | 1:15 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 13 | 02-Dec-1944 | Boston IV-432 | Operations – Strongpoint At Dunkirk Abortive High Icing | 1:40 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 14 | 03-Dec-1944 | Boston IV-432 | Operations – Stadtsträlen Light Inaccurate Flak | 2:00 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 15 | 11-Dec-1944 | Boston IV-432 | Operations – Lock Gates, Zutphen 10/10 CB Abortive | 1:55 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 16 | 15-Dec-1944 | Boston IV-432 | Operations – Rail / River Bridge, Deventer Moderate Accurate Flak | 2:20 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 17 | 31-Dec-1944 | Boston IV-432 | Operations – Troop Concentrations, Vielsalm Bombed on GH No Flak | 1:40 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 18 | 01-Jan-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Communications Centre, Dasburg Moderate Flak | 2:30 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 19 | 01-Jan-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operations – Road / River Bridge, Zaltbommel Moderate Acc. Flak | 2:10 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 20 | 03-Jan-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Houffalize “GH” Abortive 10/10 Cloud | 1:45 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 21 | 05-Jan-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operations – Sart Lez. St. Vith “GH” Recalled 10/10 CB | 1:45 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 22 | 05-Jan-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – St. Vith “GH” Moderate Inaccurate Flak | 2:20 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 23 | 14-Jan-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Dunkirk Took Over Lead for Bombing Lt. Inaccurate Flak | 1:25 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 24 | 17-Jan-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Dunkirk Light Accurate Heavy Flak 2 Hits | 1:25 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 25 | 23-Jan-1945 | Boston IV-458 | Operation – Troop Concentrations, Nedder Krutchen Mod. Accurate Flak | 1:40 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 26 | 29-Jan-1945 | Boston IV-458 | Operation – Grevenbraich “GH” Abortive – Not Sufficient Cloud | 2:00 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 27 | 02-Feb-1945 | Boston IV-458 | Operation – Oil Storage Tanks, Emmerich Light Flak 1 Hit | 2:05 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 28 | 03-Feb-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Rail / River Bridge, Zwolle Moderate Inaccurate Flak | 2:25 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 29 | 04-Feb-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Oil Dump, Emmerich 10/10ths AC 10-16,500Ft Abortive | 2:20 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 30 | 24-Feb-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Road Junction, Rees Light Accurate Flak 1 Hit | 2:10 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 31 | 25-Feb-1945 | Boston III-246 | Operation – Supply Dump, Dunkirk No Flak | 1:15 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 32 Navigator: F/SGT Booth | 27-Feb-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Gun Position, Marien, Baum No Flak (GH) | 2:00 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 33 Navigator: F/O Odlum | 28-Feb-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Communication Centre, Geldern “GH” No Flak | 2:00 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 34 Navigator: F/O Odlum | 01-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – To Create Chokepoint, Xanten (“GH”) No Flak | 2:00 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 35 | 02-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – To Create Chokepoint, Kevelaer … “SCR. 584 “The Voice”VHF Controlled No Flak Target Hit | 2:00 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 36 | 11-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Marshalling Yard, Ahaus (“GH”) No Flak | 2:40 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 37 | 12-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Marshalling Yard, Dorsten “GH” Heavy Accurate Flak | 2:30 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 38 | 12-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Marshalling Yard, Dorsten “GH” Light Inacc. Flak | 2:30 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 39 | 13-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Marshalling Yard, Lengerich Leader Lost Abortive Heavy Accurate Flak From Deventer | 2:10 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 40 | 13-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Marshalling Yard, Borken Heavy Accurate Flak For 30 Mins Several Small Holes | 2:15 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 41 | 14-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Marshalling Yard, Bocholt Heavy Accurate Flak | 2:00 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 42 | 17-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Marshalling Yard, Ahaus Moderate Inacc, Flak | 2:25 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 43 | 19-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-456 | Operation – Marshalling Yard, Coesfeld Light Inaccurate Flak | 2:25 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 44 | 19-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-456 | Operation – Marshalling Yard, Dulmen No Flak | 2:20 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 45 | 20-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-459 | Operation – Marshalling Yard, Dorsten Moderate Accurate Flak | 2:40 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 46 | 21-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-458 | Operation – Marshalling Yard, Borken Light Inaccurate Flak | 2:25 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 47 | 22-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Billetting Area, Raesfeld Moderate Accurate Flak | 2:20 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 48 | 23-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Billetting Area, Arnholt No Flak | 2:00 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 49 | 24-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Gun positions in support of Rhine Crossing No Flak | 1:50 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 50 | 25-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Gun positions, Arnholt Areas MRCP U/S Abortive | 1:50 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 51 | 26-Mar-1945 | Boston IV-432 | Operation – Gun positions, Nr. Emmerich (10/10 NS Heavy Icing Abortive) | 2:15 | Vitry-En-Artois, France |
| 51 Operational Sorties Flown | Andy Cole Operational flying time: 109hours 5mins |
In RAF log books operational sorties are underlined in red. Below are the details of Andy Cole’s and Leo Shultz’s operational sorties.
Andy Cole’s 51 operational sorties.
Leo Shultz’s operational sorties.
When 88 Squadron was disbanded on 6th April 1945:
- F/O Cole was posted effective 6th April to 2nd Tactical Air Force (2TAF) Communications Squadron RAF which later became British Air Forces of Occupation (B.A.F.O.) Communications Squadron.
In March 1947 Andy Cole was assigned as one of the VIP pilots in the personal flight of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Zone of Germany, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Sholto Douglas (known as C-in-C Military Governors Flight based out of Melle/Grönegau in Germany and given the designation B-115).
The C-in-C Military Governors Flight consisted of 3x Taylorcraft Austers “runabouts” to transport the C-in-C and his personal flight crew from his “Schloss”, in the village of Ostenwalde to the main airstrip at Melle where the 2x VIP Avro Ansons and a VIP Douglas Dakota were based.
Andy Cole left the RAF soon after his commanding officer Sholto Douglas retired at the end of October 1947. - P/O Barrow was posted effective 6th April to 85 Group Communications Squadron RAF, in Bückeburg, British sector of occupied Germany. No. 85 Group Communications Squadron later became British Air Forces of Occupation (B.A.F.O.) Communications Squadron.
In August 1946 Errol Barrow was assigned as one of the VIP navigators in the personal flight of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Zone of Germany, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir William Sholto Douglas (known as C-in-C Military Governors Flight based out of Melle/Grönegau in Germany and given the designation B-115).
Errol Barrow left the RAF in October 1947 to undertake retraining. He read: Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE) completing his degree in 1950 and Law at the Inns of Court being called to the Bar in 1949. During Barrow’s time in London he served as Chairman of the Council of Colonial Students where his contemporaries included: Forbes Burnham (PM of Guyana), Michael Manley (PM of Jamaica), Pierre Trudeau (PM of Canada) and Lee Kwan Yew (PM of Singapore). In November 1950 after ten years away from home, Errol, his wife Carolyn and his baby daughter Lesley were repatriated to Barbados. - F/SGT Schultz (backdated – P/O Schultz) was posted to No. 9 PDC (Personnel Despatch Centre) Regents Park and then to No. 11 PDRC (Personnel Despatch & Receiving Centre RAAF) which occupied both the Grand Hotel and the Metropole Hotel on the beach front at Brighton pending being demobbed in Australia on 4th January 1946 with rank of Flying Officer.
- F/SGT Stewart (backdated – P/O Stewart) was posted to No. 9 PDC (Personnel Despatch Centre) Regents Park and then to No. 11 PDRC (Personnel Despatch & Receiving Centre RAAF) which occupied both the Grand Hotel and the Metropole Hotel on the beach front at Brighton pending being demobbed in Australia on 13th December 1945 with rank of Flying Officer.
Operations Record Book – RAF Form 540 1st – 6th April 1945. Disbandment of 88 Squadron listing aircrew being transferred to other squadrons. Leo Schultz and Shorty Stewart are not specifically named and are grouped on page 195 as “rest posted to No. 9 PDC pending disposal”.
RAAF Record of Service (ROS) summary for Robert Allen Stewart RAAF (Wireless/Air Gunner). Source: National Archives of Australia pages 9 &10.
Key training undertaken:
- No. 2 Wireless School, British Commonwealth Air Training Plan, Calgary, Canada (9 month course that included Leo Schultz).
- No.8 Bombing and Gunnery School (BAGS) RCAF Station Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada (6 week aerial machine gunnery course that included Leo Schultz).
- No. 31 Operational Training Unit (OTU) RAF Debert, Nova Scotia, Canada (3 month course where the crew consisting of: pilot: Andy Cole, navigator: Errol Barrow, wireless air gunner: Leo Schultz and wireless air gunner: Shorty Stewart was formed).
- No. 13 Operational Training Unit (OTU) RAF Finmere, Buckinghamshire, England (3 week – 2nd Tactical Air Force (2TAF) conversion training course for Douglas Boston light day bomber aircrew).
- RAF Hereford (aka RAF Credenhill) in the village of Credenhill Hereford, England (4 week course learning to be an officer with Leo Schultz prior to returning home to Australia).
Below we pay tribute to Shorty Stewart with some photographs we have previously collected, together with some additional ones courtesy of the National Archives of Australia and the Stewart family.
In 2024 the National Archives of Australia released all RAAF World War II records to the public. In the UK in 2024 RAF records are due to be made public, however, personal information will remain redacted until 2030!
Training in Canada with the RCAF
Time with RAF 88 Squadron, “B” Flight, 2TAF
Homeward bound to Australia
Errol Barrow and Leo Schultz caught up in 1977/78 during his visit to Australia while the West Indies cricket team were playing in the inaugural Kerry Packer World Series Cricket (WSC) tour. At the time, Errol Barrow was leader of the opposition in Barbados and was in Australia in a private capacity supporting the West Indies cricket team. He was not representing the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) or the Barbados Cricket Association (BCA). The Stewart children remember Allen and Audrey catching up with Errol while he was visiting Sydney.
Given the close bond between the crew that developed in Canada while training and during active wartime service with RAF 88 Squadron “B” Flight, Allen was aware of Errol’s untimely death on 1st June 1987 and had two cuttings in his photo album.
Robert Allen “Shorty” Stewart died on 10th October 2004 in Sydney, Australia, aged 85.
Like many of his generation, Shorty Stewart did not speak about his World War II service. Towards his end-of-life when he was in a nursing home he did start reminiscing about his time in the RAAF. His daughter recorded many of those stories for his family – some on a cassette recorder, some on paper.
In time we hope to be able to scan and share Robert Allen “Shorty” Stewart’s World War II photo album, his RCAF log book detailing his 51 operational sorties and some of his RAAF memoires as recorded by his daughter.
Additional information
Additional information on the Andy Cole RAF 88 Squadron, “B” Flight, Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) aircrew can be found in these BajanThings and NAA links:
- F/L Andrew Leslie Cole AFC RAF
8th May 1923 – 9th December 2017: died aged 94 in England.
The Beautiful Blonde in the Bank – F/L Andrew Leslie Cole AFC RAF - F/O Errol Walton Barrow RAF
21st January 1920 – 1st June 1987: died aged 67 in Barbados.
Errol Barrow – Prime Minister of Barbados, RAF Navigator World War II
Errol Barrow and his commanding officer Sholto Douglas - F/O Leo Leslie Schultz RAAF
18th May 1921 – 12th May 1990: died aged 69 in Australia.
F/O Leo Leslie Schultz RAAF – 1921 to 1990
National Archives of Australia – Leo Leslie Schultz
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5262530 (27 pages)
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5684723 (7 pages)
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=203823888 (identity photograph: 6 October 1942)
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=203823887 (identity photograph: 2 December 1942) - F/O Robert Allen “Shorty” Stewart RAAF
5th January 1919 – 10th October 2004: died aged 85 in Australia.
F/O Robert Allen “Shorty” Stewart RAAF 1919 to 2004
National Archives of Australia – Robert Allen Stewart
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5262967 (43 pages)
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=5602438 (9 pages)
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=203825251 (identity photograph: 21 July 1942)
https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/ViewImage.aspx?B=203825250 (identity photograph: 18 November 1942)
