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ARBLASTER, Amos
| Service Number: | 4932 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 November 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 50th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Bendigo, Vic., May 1874 |
| Home Town: | North Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
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World War 1 Service
| 17 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, 4932, 10th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 9 Mar 1916: | Involvement Private, 4932, 10th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: RMS Mongolia embarkation_ship_number: '' public_note: '' | |
| 9 Mar 1916: | Embarked Private, 4932, 10th Infantry Battalion, RMS Mongolia, Adelaide | |
| 20 May 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 50th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Apr 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 70th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S of 70th Bn., Wareham | |
| 11 Nov 1918: | Involvement Private, 4932, 50th Infantry Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Adelaide High School
Amos Arblaster was born in 1874. He was 5 feet and 7 inches tall and weighed 63kg. He had a medium complexion, brown eyes, and dark brown hair. Arblaster lived on 143 Margaret Street in North Adelaide, South Australia and lived there with his wife, Mrs Z E Arblaster. He enlisted when he was 41 years and 6 months old and joined the 10th Battalion. Arblaster embarked on the RMS Mongolia on the 9th of March in 1916.
Arblaster was transferred to the 50th Battalion on the 20th of May in 1916. Then on the 7th of June in 1916 he proceeded to join the British Expeditionary Force with the 4th Division Base Depot. He then disembarked to Marseilles on the 14th of June in 1916. Arblaster was admitted to the 26th General Hospital in Etaples on the 8th of July in 1916 for an inflamed ear. 17 days later, he was discharged to the Base Details.
On the 27th of August 1916 he was admitted to a hospital again to Boulogne because of tonsilitis. He was then discharged to the 4th Division Base in Etaples, 8 days later. Arblaster proceeded to join the Australia and New Zealand Army Corps in Etaples on the 28th of August. A month later he was attached to the 2nd Division Headquarters for duty. On the 4th of February 1917, Arblaster was temporarily attached to A.M.V.S for duty, then 3 days later was admitted to the hospital, in field, because he was sick. Then later on the 11th of Feb, he was transferred to the 13th General Hospital in Boulogne, for debility. On the 22nd of February, Arblaster embarked for England, then 2 days later was admitted to the 3rd London General Hospital in Wandsworth for Colitis.
2 months later on the 24th of April 1917, Arblaster was taken on strength of the 70th Battalion, Wareham. The next day he marched out to 16th Brigade in Wareham, then again on the 19th of May to No.1 Combat Development in Perham Downs. He was then charged with offence for being absent from the Draft Parade. He was in custody awaiting trial for 1 day, then had to forfeit 7 days of pay. On the 22nd of July 1917, Arblaster embarked for his return to Australia. 2 months later on the 21st of September, he disembarked for Adelaide as a result inguinal hernia. Then on the 26th of November, he was discharged at Adelaide.