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Harley Waldron CHAPMAN

Regimental number2050
Place of birthKiama New South Wales
SchoolPublic School Kiama and Windsor, New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank manager
Address'Tyndon', Dolphin Street, Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Jemina Chapman, 'Tyndon', Dolphin Street, Coogee, Sydney, New South Wales
Previous military serviceMember NSW Lancers, Windsor and of the Light Horse Regt, Coraki
Enlistment date26 April 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name35th Battalion, 3rd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/52/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A68 Anchises on 24 August 1916
Regimental number from Nominal RollCommissioned
Rank from Nominal RollLieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll35th Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted as a private in 35th Inf. Btn April 1916; served in France and Belgium; appointed 2 LT and transferred to 36th Btn; 1Lt at Messines.
FateKilled in Action 16 July 1917
Place of death or woundingSt Quentin, France
Age at death29
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot LI, Row C, Grave No. 33), Neuve-Eglise), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
126
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Annie CHAPMAN, 'Lyndon', Dolphin Street, Coogee, Sydney. Native of Kiama, New South Wales
Family/military connectionsCousin: 1105 Corporal William Dudley LOVEGROVE, 7th Light Horse Regiment, killed in action, 6 November 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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