Melville King FROST

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Service Number:	5341
Enlisted:	22 February 1916, Kadina, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Cowell, South Australia, Australia, 16 May 1885
Home Town:	Yabmana, Franklin Harbour, South Australia
Schooling:	Yabmana School, South Australia, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Died of Wounds, Vaulx-Vraucourt, France, 25 March 1917, aged 31 years
Cemetery:	Beugnatre Communal Cemetery Grave 9. Inscription: REST OUR BLUE EYED BOY IN HEAVEN WE HOPE TO MEET YOU
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cowell War Memorial

22 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5341, Depot Battalion (AIF), Kadina, South Australia
12 Aug 1916:	Involvement Private, 5341, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: ''
12 Aug 1916:	Embarked Private, 5341, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide
30 Sep 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5341, 27th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Plymouth, England
30 Sep 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5341, 7th Training Battalion (AIF), Marched in -- from Australia -- Rollestone, England
16 Nov 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5341, 7th Training Battalion (AIF), Embarked Folkestone, England for -- France
17 Nov 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5341, 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot (AIF), Marched in -- from England
26 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5341, 2nd Australian Divisional Base Depot (AIF), Marched Out To -- Join Unit
28 Dec 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5341, 27th Infantry Battalion, Joined Unit -- T.O.S -- France
25 Mar 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5341, 27th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Wounded In Action -- In the area of "Sunken Road" Vaulx-Vraucourt, France
25 Mar 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5341, 27th Infantry Battalion, The Outpost Villages - German Withdrawal to Hindenburg Line, Died of Wounds Received In Action -- In the area of Vaulx-Vraucourt, France

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Melville King FROST was the fifth child of John king FROST and Margaret GORDON.

He was a farmer on his parents property at Yabmana, Franklin Harbour, South Australia.