FROST, William Leslie
| Service Number: | 2581 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 August 1916, 3 years senior cadets |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Branxton, New South Wales, Australia, July 1897 |
| Home Town: | Cooks Hill, Newcastle West, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Mayfield, New South Wales, Australia, 16 June 1936, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Sandgate General Cemetery, Newcastle, NSW BAPTIST-E NW. 6. |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 9 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2581, 35th Infantry Battalion, 3 years senior cadets | |
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| 25 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 2581, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 25 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 2581, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 2 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2581, 35th Infantry Battalion, 2nd MD, Medically unfit, wounding (1st Passchendaele) |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Evan Evans
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.
88 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 17th June 1936, Private William Leslie Frost, 35th Battalion (Reg No-2581), labourer from Bruce Street, Cooks Hill, New South Wales and 28 Villiers Street, Mayfield, N.S.W., father of eight (Norman, Nina, Walter, Mona, Irene, Violet, Dorothy & Lorna), was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 38. BAPTIST-E NW. 6.
Born at Branxton, New South Wales about 1897 to William Henry, died 3.9.1956, Wallsend, N.S.W., age 84, buried at CATHOLIC 2-55. 83, and Sarah Ann (Annie) Frost nee Rennie, died 7.8.1951, Wallsend, N.S.W., age 82, sleeping at CATHOLIC 2-55. 83, from Lake Road, Wallsend, N.S.W.; husband of Emily Elaine Frost nee Williams, married 1919, Wickham, N.S.W., died 1.8.1953, Wallsend, N.S.W., age?, sleeping here, from 167 Kings Road, New Lambton, N.S.W., William enlisted on the 9th August 1916 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on the 25th October 1916.
Wounded in action - 12.10.1917 (GSW left arm & left hand, 1st Battle of Passchendaele).
Invalided to England 18.10.1917.
Granted furlough in England from 19.2.1918 to 5.3.1918.
Commenced return to Australia 5.4.1918.
William arrived home on the 1st June 1918, being discharged medically unfit (ankylosis left thumb) on the 2nd September 1918.
Mr. Frost’s name has been inscribed on the Merewether (Mitchell Park) Memorial Gates.
I have placed poppies at William’s gravesite in remembrance of his service and sacrifice for God, King & Country.
Not officially commemorated.
Contact with descendants would be greatly appreciated.
For more detail, see “Forever Remembered “
http://www.commemoratingwarheroes.com/cemetery-main-search/
Lest We Forget.
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