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APPELBEE, Malcolm Henry
Service Numbers: | 2848, 2848A, S69452 |
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Enlisted: | 29 May 1915, Keswick, South Australia |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
Born: | Maylands, South Australia , 2 March 1898 |
Home Town: | Adelaide, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Civil Servant |
Died: | Natural causes, Adelaide,South Australia, 26 May 1981, aged 83 years |
Cemetery: |
Centennial Park Cemetery, South Australia Cremation |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
29 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2848, Keswick, South Australia | |
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27 Oct 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Signaller, 2848A, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Adelaide | |
27 Oct 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Signaller, 2848A, 27th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
25 Jul 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 2848, 10th Infantry Battalion |
World War 2 Service
2 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S69452 | |
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2 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Private, S69452, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Adelaide, South Australia | |
3 Apr 1942: | Involvement Private, S69452, Volunteer Defence Corps (SA), Homeland Defence - Militia and non deployed forces | |
16 Oct 1945: | Discharged Private, S69452, 3rd (SA) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by St Ignatius' College
Malcolm Henry Appelbee was born on the 2nd of March 1898. He grew up in Kensington Gardens South Australia. Before Appelbee joined/enlisted he was a civil servant, he was not married and his religion was Methodist. Malcolm was enlisted on his 16th birthday the 2nd of June 1915 but lied about his age, stating he was 18 years and 3 months. He embarked on the HMAT Benalla A24 which left port Melbourne on the 19th of October 1914.
After the war Beatrice Applebee on the 10th of December of 1942. He re-enlisted into the army to serve in WW2 at the age 42 years old. He died in May 1981 at the age of 83.