Ernest Ralph CHAPMAN

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Service Number:	3213
Enlisted:	22 September 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank:	Gunner
Last Unit:	2nd Field Artillery Brigade
Born:	Follkestone, England, 1893
Home Town:	South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Died of wounds, Ypres, Belgium, 11 August 1917
Cemetery:	The Huts Cemetery, Dickebusch, Belgium Plot 11, Row D, Grave 13 Headstone inscription reads: Son sadly missed but never forgotten from Mum, Will, Gran & Uncle, The Huts Cemetery, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

22 Sep 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Gunner, 3213, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Melbourne
22 Dec 1914:	Involvement Gunner, 3213, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Borda embarkation_ship_number: A30 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked Gunner, 3213, 2nd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Borda, Melbourne

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Son of J.W. Chapman of Ramsgate, Kent, England and Louisa Chapman of Moody's Crossing, Dartford, England. De-facto husband of Kathleen Sullivan

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal