Wilbur Henry CHAPMAN

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Service Number:	417157
Enlisted:	31 January 1942, Adelaide, SA
Last Rank:	Flight Sergeant
Last Unit:	No. 514 Squadron (RAF)
Born:	Peterborough, South Australia, Australia , 26 May 1917
Home Town:	Dawson, Peterborough, South Australia
Schooling:	Primary School Head of Cavenagh, South Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Flying Battle, Netherlands, 22 January 1944, aged 26 years
Cemetery:	Hindeloopen Protestant Churchyard, Friesland, Netherlands Plot D, Row 1, Grave 1
Memorials:	Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dawson War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Peterborough District Town Hall Honour Board WW2

31 Jan 1942:	Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417157, No. 514 Squadron (RAF), Adelaide, SA
9 Jan 1943:	Embarked

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Wilbur Henry CHAPMAN was born in Peterborough, South Australia on 26th May, 1917

His parents were Samuel CHAPMAN & Harriet WEBB

He married Isabel Jean McNEIL in SA in 1942

Wilbur died on 22nd January, 1944 and is buried in the Hindeloopen Protestant Churchyard, Friesland, Netherlands, Plot D, Row 1, Grave 1

His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial