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Richard Alexander CHAPMAN

Regimental number1801
Place of birthMoggill Queensland
SchoolNew England Grammar School, New South Wales
Other trainingNil
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressLindon, Ashford, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Richard Chapman, Lindon, Ashford, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name33rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/50/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A15 Port Sydney on 4 September 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll33rd Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularNil
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death23
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No. 4), Poperinghe, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
121
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Louisa CHAPMAN, Lyndon, Ashford, New South Wales
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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