FROST, Arthur Norman
| Service Numbers: | 495277, TX5604 |
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| Enlisted: | 1 May 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/4th Company, Australian Army Service Corps |
| Born: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, 26 June 1907 |
| Home Town: | Ulverstone, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Plumber and Metal Worker |
| Died: | Ulverstone, Tasmania, 13 March 1966, aged 58 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Ulverstone General Cemetery, Tasmania https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197147852/arthur-norman-frost |
| Memorials: | Ulverstone Leven Lodge No 30 T.C. Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 1 May 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 495277, 12/50 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
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| 16 Jan 1940: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, 495277, 12/50 Infantry Battalion AMF | |
| 15 Jul 1941: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, TX5604, 2nd/4th Company, Australian Army Service Corps | |
| 1 Sep 1941: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, TX5604, per HMT MM ex Sydney for Middle East | |
| 2 Jan 1942: | Transferred Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 2nd/4th Company, Australian Army Service Corps | |
| 30 Jan 1942: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Corporal, TX5604, 2nd/4th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, per SS Ile de France ex Middle East to Australia | |
| 1 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, TX5604, 2nd/4th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, ex Cairns per Lindley M Garrison to Morotai | |
| 30 May 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, TX5604, 2nd/4th Company, Australian Army Service Corps, emplaned Morotai for Brisbane | |
| 13 Jun 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, TX5604, 2nd/4th Company, Australian Army Service Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Corporal Arthur Norman Frost (Service No:TX5604) initially served two years in the Cadets and Militia before enlisting in the ACMF (Private; Service No:495277) on 1 May 1939. Private Frost was attached to 12/50 Infantry Battalion when he Discharged on 16 January 1940. He enlisted in the AIF on 15 July 1941 and embarked from Sydney for the Middle East on 1 September 1941 on board HMT MM. On 20 September 1943 he was promoted to Lance Corporal, and on 18 December 1944 to Corporal. On 30 January 1942 he embarked from the Middle East for Australia on board SS Ile de France and was attached to 2/4 Australian Beach Workshops AEME in 1943. On 1 May 1945, Corporal Frost embarked from Cairns for Morotai on board the Liberty Ship 'Lindley M Garrison' - he emplaned from Morotai for Brisbane on 30 May 1945 and was Discharged on 13 June 1945.
Born in 1907 in Ulverstone Tasmania, Arthur was the eldest of five children of Norman Lewis Frost (b1881 in Westbury, Tasmania) and Elizabeth Heazlewood (b1882 in Ulverstone, Tasmania). Norman served in the Boer War (Private; Service No:161 with 2nd Tasmanian Imperial Bushmen) and in WWII (Sergeant; Service No:T29646). Norman (a Cycle Mechanic) and Elizabeth married in 1907 in Devonport, Tasmania and settled in Ulverstone where they raised their family and Norman was a Cycle Mechanic and Garage Proprietor.
Arthur was a Plumber and Metal Worker in 1937 when he married Gean Adelaide Davenport (b1914 in Branxholm, Tasmania) - Gean was a Nurse. Arthur and Gean settled in Ulverstone where they raised their family and Arthur worked as a Plumber. Arthur died in 1966 and Gean in 1979.
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