CHAPMAN, Arthur
| Service Number: | 46 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 14 December 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 35th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Toronto, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia, June 1892 |
| Home Town: | Toronto, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Toronto Public School, New South Wales, Australia |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Effects of WWI gas, Randwick Military Hospital, New South Wales, Australia, 25 October 1935 |
| Cemetery: |
Rookwood Cemeteries & Crematorium, New South Wales |
| Memorials: | Toronto Public School Pupils HB |
World War 1 Service
| 14 Dec 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 46, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 May 1916: | Involvement Private, 46, 35th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' | |
| 1 May 1916: | Embarked Private, 46, 35th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
| 20 Nov 1916: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Corporal, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 24 Feb 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Apr 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lance Sergeant, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 6 Jun 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 35th Infantry Battalion | |
| 7 Jun 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Sergeant, 46, 35th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, Badly gassed | |
| 2 Sep 1918: | Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 46, 35th Infantry Battalion, MD due to gassing Messines 1917 |
Sgt Arthur Chapman
From Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery
Resting at Sandgate Cemetery (do you remember me?).
84 years ago today, on the 24th October 1935, Sergeant Arthur Chapman, 35th Battalion, labourer from Brighton Avenue, Toronto, New South Wales, passed away at the Randwick Military Hospital, New South Wales, age 43.
Born at Brighton Avenue, Toronto, New South Wales on the 20th May 1892 to Edmund (Edwin, Edward, Edmond, G C ) and Elizabeth (Eliza) Ann Chapman; husband of Irene Nathalie Chapman nee Potter (married 1919, died 5.10.1938) of Brighton Avenue, Toronto, New South Wales, Arthur enlisted December 1915 at Newcastle, N.S.W.
Admitted to hospital on the 3.10.1916 with bronchitis.
Wounded in action - (gassed) 7.6.1917 at Ploegsteert Wood, or 'Plug Street' as the men of the A.I.F. called it, The Battle of Messines, Arthur was invalided home July 1918.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134856725
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article140975810
Many thanks to Arthur's great-niece Kerrie Dean for the notification and the following family history.
This one is a bit of a story. Arthur is the husband of a great aunt on my Potter side of the family.
He lived at Toronto. Arthur attested in December 1915, and was in the 35th Battalion.
He attained the rank of sergeant, but was badly gassed at Messines, leaving him with continuing health problems. He returned home and married and became president of the Toronto Returned Sailor's and Soldier's League.
He died at the Randwick Military Hospital and was accorded a funeral service at St Jude's Anglican Church in Randwick attended by members of the Sydney League.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139791023
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article139791082
He was cremated at Rookwood and according to the AIF Project he was buried there. Not so on the online records for Anglican and Roman Catholic burials at Rookwood.
The Potter monument he is recorded on at Sandgate doesn't have a photo online, and his name and his wife's, Irene Nathalie, do not appear in the Sandgate records.
According to Trove she is definitely buried there. I think he is too, but done quietly because the monument is in the Catholic section and he was Anglican. CATHOLIC 1-B Com. 118. It was important then.
Younger brother Edward Ernest (Reg No-6, born 1896, died 1947) also served 1st A.I.F. and 2nd A.I.F.
Younger brother Clifford William (Reg No-59013, born 1899, died 1963) also served 1st A.I.F.
Arthur’s name has been inscribed on the Toronto Soldiers' Memorial, Toronto Public School Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 7th September 1918) and the Toronto Red Cross Honour Roll.
Plaque in New South Wales Garden of Remembrance.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=416909#3
Lest We Forget.
Submitted 24 October 2019 by Evan Evans
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