CHAPMAN, Reginald Arthur
| Service Numbers: | 2627, 2627A |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 49th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Fakenham, Norfolk, England, 1895 |
| Home Town: | Swan Bay, Richmond Valley, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Died of wounds, 2nd General Hospital Havre, France, 21 April 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Ste. Marie Cemetery, Le Havre Grave Div. 3.O.11., Ste Marie Cemetery, Le Havre, Haute-Normandie, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Swan Bay Roll of Honor, Woodburn Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 21 Oct 1915: | Involvement Private, 2627, 25th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
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| 21 Oct 1915: | Embarked Private, 2627, 25th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Brisbane | |
| 21 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 2627A, 49th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2627A awm_unit: 49th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-21 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Geoffrey Gillon
Birth registered as Arthur Reginald
Births Mar 1895 Chapman Arthur Reginald Walsingham 4b 304.
Resident Woodburn, Richmond River, New South Wales.
Enlisted 16-08-15.
Embarked from Brisbane with 25th Battalion aboard A48 HMAT ‘Seang Bee’ on 21st October 1915.
He was 22 and the son of Arthur and Emma Louisa Chapman, 8, Queen Street, Sutton Bridge, Lincolnshire, England.
He is remembered on the Sutton Bridge War Memorial.
Wounded in action taking the railway line east of Noreuil (France) during the AIF push to the Hindenburg Line 5-6th April 1917;died of wounds in 2nd General Hospital Havre, France 21st April 1917. Previously wounded [GSW ]right shoulder and thigh in September 1916-treated in 3rd Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, England.
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