John Joseph CHAPMAN

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CHAPMAN, John Joseph

Service Numbers:	993, N79569
Enlisted:	15 September 1914
Last Rank:	Corporal
Last Unit:	Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF)
Born:	Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, 24 January 1889
Home Town:	Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Memorials:	Nar Nar Goon Commercial Bank of Australia Limited WW1 Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

15 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 993, 29th Infantry Battalion
24 Sep 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 993, 9th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Omrah, Brisbane
24 Sep 1914:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 993, 9th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Omrah embarkation_ship_number: A5 public_note: ''
18 Jun 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion
23 May 1920:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 9th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

16 Dec 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, N79569
4 Mar 1941:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Corporal, N79569, Australian Army Pay Corps (AMF)

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Biography contributed

John Joseph Chapman was born at Ballarat, Victoria, in 1889 to John Joseph and Isabella Cargill Chapman. He was a clerk by trade before joining the Australian Imperial Force. He signed up at Brisbane on 15 September 1914 and was assigned to the 9th Infantry Battalion with the rank of private. Chapman departed Brisbane aboard HMAT Omrah on 24 September 1914.

Whilst serving at Gallipoli in 1915 he was wounded and evacuated to Malta. Chapman later re-joined the 9th Battalion on the Western Front where he was wounded again during 1916. He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant on 18 June 1918.

Chapman was on leave in Dublin participating in sightseeing when the 1916 Easter Uprising began on the 20th of April. In his own words, he was "given rifle and ammunition and had to fight enemy in the streets. Nearly got hit several times. Only a few casualties on our side.” [1]

Chapman remained in England at the end of the First World War and married Emily Alice Myatt, a furrier, on 6 September 1919. John Chapman was discharged from the Australian Imperial Force on 23 May 1920.

[1] Extracts from Chapman’s diary can be found in a link on the side.

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