FROST, Arthur James
| Service Number: | 307 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 27th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Adelaide, South Australia, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Payneham, Norwood Payneham St Peters, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Butcher |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 20 September 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Payneham District Council Roll of Honor, Payneham Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 31 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 307, 27th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
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| 31 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 307, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Geelong, Adelaide |
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Arthur James Frost was born in Adelaide. He enlisted to help in the WW1 effort when he was 26 and a half years old. He was 5”5 and weighed 152 pounds or 68.946 Kg. He had dark skin, dark hair, and brown eyes. He worked as a butcher and was married to Nellie M and they had a daughter. He lived at Henry Street, Payneham, South Australia, and he was a part of the Church of England.
Frost joined the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (MEF) on the 8th of February 1915. His regimental number was 307 and his rank was Private. He proceeded to join the 27th Battalion B company. The unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board the ship HMAT A2 Geelong on the 31st of May 1915 to Gallipoli. The MEF was part of the British Army during World War I, that commanded all Allied forces at Gallipoli and Salonika.
He was fined for being drunk on 5th of February 1916 in Ismailia and was fined from being absent from roll call. He later joined the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), the home-based British army force on the 15th of March 1916.
During the war soldiers would receive little bags with supplies. The document says that Frost carried six coins, a smoking pipe, a tobacco pouch, medal ribbons, a metal watch wrist, a notebook, bandages, a belt, three pencils, photos, cards, and letters. Frost became ill with one of the diseases that were spread in the trenches, and he was taken to hospital on the 13th of January 1917. He had pyrexia which was also known as trench fever which later caused him to have the mumps disease. Mumps is caused by a virus that spreads through saliva.
On the 20th of September 1917 Frost was killed in action in Belgium. His memorial is in the Australia National Memorial Roll of Honour in the Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the missing Ypres Salient). Arthur James Frost was awarded the Croix de Guerre (star medal), British War Medal and the Victory Medal for his service.
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