Regimental number | 1009 |
Place of birth | Orange New South Wales |
School | Spring Hill Public School, New South Wales |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Farmer |
Address | Inglewood, Spring Hill, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 18 |
Next of kin | Brother, Frank Chapman, Inglewood, Spring Hill, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Nil |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Private |
Unit name | 7th Light Horse Regiment, 6th Reinforcement |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 10/12/2 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A66 Uganda on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Driver |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 2nd Machine Gun Squadron |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Gaza, Palestine |
Age at death | 20.6 |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | Beersheba War Cemetery (Row B, Grage No. 45), Palestine |
Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 180 |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Spring Hill Cemetery, New South Wales, on the headstone of his cousin, Benjamin CHAPMAN ("Mates in Peace and War"). Parents: Charles and Selina CHAPMAN, Spring Hill, New South Wales. Native of Spring Hill, New South Wales |
Family/military connections | Cousins: 1006 Lance Corporal Benjamin Barnett CHAPMAN, 2nd Machine Gun Squadron, returned to Australia, 27 June 1919; 1007 Lance Corporal George Denis CHAPMAN, 1st Light Horse, returned to Australia, 13 March 1919. |