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Percival CHAPMAN

Regimental number2791
Place of birthBallarat, Victoria
SchoolBallarat High School, Victoria
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
AddressGrey Street, Terang, Victoria
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, J Chapman, Terang, Victoria
Previous military serviceAIF London Staff Sgt
Enlistment date26 June 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll6 June 1915
Rank on enlistmentLance Corporal
Unit name6th Battalion, 9th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A16 Star Of Victoria on 10 September 1915
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 10 August 1918
Place of death or woundingPozieres, Somme Sector, France
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialAdelaide Cemetery (Plot III, Row I, Grave No. 10), Villers-Bretonneux, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
46
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Isabella CHAPMAN, Grey Street Terang, Victoria, Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: Lt John Joseph Chapman, 9th Btn, Queensland (fate not recorded)

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