CHAPMAN, Sidney Hungerford
| Service Number: | 5312 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 October 1915, Wangaratta, Vic. |
| Last Rank: | Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | 21st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia, 1 May 1888 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Ballarat College |
| Occupation: | Bank manager |
| Died: | Old age, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, New South Wales, Australia, 4 April 1974, aged 85 years |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW |
| Memorials: | Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour Book |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Oct 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5312, 24th Infantry Battalion, Wangaratta, Vic. | |
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| 1 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 5312, 24th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Miltiades embarkation_ship_number: A28 public_note: '' | |
| 1 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 5312, 24th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Miltiades, Melbourne | |
| 15 Dec 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 21 May 1917: | Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 5 Oct 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion, Broodseinde Ridge, GSW face and left arm - serve | |
| 15 Jul 1918: | Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 21st Infantry Battalion | |
| 17 Jun 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 5312, 21st Infantry Battalion |
Lt Sidney Hungerford CHAPMAN
From: In Remembrance: Hungerford and Associated Families in the Great War 1914-1918
Lt Sidney Hungerford CHAPMAN
Regimental Number: 5312
Unit Name: 24th Battalion, 14th Reinforcement
Religion: Church of England
Occupation: Bank Manager
Address: Bank of NSW, Ballarat, Vic.
Age at Enlistment: 27 years and 7 months
Enlistment Date and Place: 13 October 1915, Melbourne, Vic.
Next of Kin: Father, Robert Edward Chapman, Manager, Bank of NSW, Ballarat, Vic. Then 'Wykeham', 17 Clermiston Avenue, Roseville, NSW
Rank on Enlistment: Private
Embarkation Details: Unit embarked from Melbourne, Vic., on board HMAT A28 Miltiades on 1 August 1916
Rank from Nominal Roll: Lieutenant
Unit from Nominal Roll: 21st Battalion
Campaigns Served: France; Belgium
War Service/Promotions: On the trip over he contracted measles and was hospitalised from 25 August 1916 until 3 September 1916. He disembarked in Plymouth, Devon, England, on 25 September 1916. Then proceeded overseas per SS Gnuard, to Etaples, France, 19 November 1916. He saw service in France, but was sent from there on 2 February, 1917, to the 4th Cadet Battalion, at New College, Oxford, England, where he gained his commission to 2nd Lieutenant - Unit INF21,
31 May 1917. He returned to France 21 June 1917 and was wounded at Broodseinde Ridge on
4 October 1917 with a gunshot wound to face and left arm, and admitted to hospital in Etaples, France. He was evacuated back to England and admitted to the 3rd London General Hospital, Wandsworth. He was promoted to Lieutenant - Unit INF21, 19 October 1917 while in hospital. Admitted to Salisbury Isolation Hospital, Wiltshire, England, with diphtheria on 12 November 1918, and discharged as permanently unfit for active service. Then appointed messing officer and W.M. - 5th Training Battalion - until the Armistice.
Place of Wounding: Gunshot wound left arm and face (severe), 4 October 1917, Belgium.
Fate: Returned to Australia per SS Kildonan Castle, 21 March 1919. He never married.
Place of Death: 8 April 1974, Sydney Adventist Hospital, Wahroonga, NSW
Place of Cremation: Northern Suburbs Crematorium, North Ryde, NSW
Medals/Citations: 1914/15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal
Submitted 22 July 2019 by Evan Evans
Biography contributed by Faithe Jones
SIDNEY HUNGERFORD CHAPMAN was born 1st May, 1888, at Wangaratta, Victoria. His father is Mr. Robert Edward Chapman, late Manager of the Ballarat Branch of the Bank, and his mother, Mrs. Bessie Chapman. He was educated at the Ballarat College and joined the Bank’s service at Geelong, Victoria, on 1st June, 1905. He was transferred to Beechworth, as ledger-keeper, in October, 1909; to Culcairn, as assistant, in November, 1910, and to Moama, as teller, in December, 1912.
Sidney Hungerford Chapman enlisted in the A.I.F, on 10th October, 1915, and left Australia on 1st August, 1916, as a member of the 21st Battalion. He saw service in France, but was sent from there in January, 1917, to the 4th Cadet Battalion, at New College, Oxford, where he gained his commission at the end of the following May. He returned to France in June and was wounded at Broodseinde Ridge on 4th October, 1917. He was promoted to lieutenant in the following month while in hospital. He was transferred from the hospital at Etaples to Wandsworth and discharged as permanently unfit for active service. He was then appointed “messing officer” and Q.M. of the 5 th Training Battalion until the Armistice.
source - Bank of NSW Roll of Honour
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