CHAPMAN, Sydney Jackson
| Service Number: | Officer |
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| Enlisted: | 13 May 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 26th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Maryborough, Queensland, Australia, 1892 |
| Home Town: | Bundaberg, Bundaberg, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Central Boys School Maryborough, Queensland, Australia |
| Occupation: | Surveyor |
| Died: | Salamau Marobe District, New Guinea, March 1930, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 13 May 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Officer, 26th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 20 Sep 1915: | Involvement 26th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Armadale embarkation_ship_number: A26 public_note: '' | |
| 20 Sep 1915: | Embarked 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Armadale, Brisbane |
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Military Cross
'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. As intelligence officer he continually went ahead under heavy shell fire and obtained information of the utmost value. Throughout he showed a complete disregard of personal danger, and rendered most valuable services.'
Source: 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 219
Date: 20 December 1917
OBITUARY.
Captain Sydney Jackson Chapman, M.C., who recently died in New Guinea, was born in Maryborough. His surviving sisters are Mrs. W. Cook (Maryborough), Mrs. J. Maunsell (Melbourne), Mrs. K. Clarke (Sydney), Mrs. W. H. Wearne (Brisbane). His brothers are Messrs. W. Chapman and C. T. Chapman (Brisbane), F. J. Chapman (Sydney), and S. Chapman (of Yeppoon). A wide circle of Mary borough friends will learn with regret of the captain's death at the early age of 38 years. He spent his school days in Maryborough, and attended the Central Boys' School. He served with distinction in the Great War.
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