CHAPMAN, Joseph
| Service Number: | 1727 |
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| Enlisted: | 12 January 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1891 |
| Home Town: | Perth, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 30 May 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix, Bethune, Nord Pas de Calais Plot I, Row H, Grave No. 22 Remembered on Barrhead War Memorial Scotland. |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geraldton District Great War Honour Roll, Nabawa East Chapman Progress Association Roll of Honor WW1 |
World War 1 Service
| 12 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1727, 11th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 19 Apr 1915: | Involvement Private, 1727, 11th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Argyllshire embarkation_ship_number: A8 public_note: '' | |
| 19 Apr 1915: | Embarked Private, 1727, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Argyllshire, Fremantle |
Joseph Chapman
Joseph Chapman
Birth Place: Glasgow, Scotland
Dossier Year Range: 1914-1920
Enlistment Place: Perth, Western Australia
Service number: 1727
Rank:Private
Death- Killed in Action age 25
Date of Death :30/05/1916
Regiment/Service:Australian Infantry, A.I.F. 11th Bn.
Barrhead news June 23rd 1916 reported-Pte Joseph Chapman age 25 Killed in action.30th May 1916 -The Eldest Son of Joseph and Christina Chapman of Cogan street Barrhead;
The husband of Dora Chambers Perth Australia:
Joseph went to Australia 5 years ago where he married, he leaves a widow in Perth Australia. He joined the Australian forces shortly after the declaration of war and went though the Dardanelles fighting. a younger brother of the deceased is serving with the Australian forces in France.
News on Brothers Death:
Private Chapman- Pte Wm. McNab Chapman of the Australian Division was killed in action in France on 30th Oct 1917, He was the Second son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Chapman of Coogan street Barrhead, And his Brother Joseph also of the Australian forces was killed in May of last year. Wm had only been out in Australia for a short time when war broke out and he immediately joined up. He was one of the landing party at Gallipoli and went through all the terrible fighting of that enterprise. He was the last survivor of the Original company with which he was connected in the Gallipoli landing. A third Son is also with the colours, In addition to the two sons named above, Mr and Mrs Chapman have also lost a Son -in -law Flight Commander Louis D Morrison, Of the RN, who was drowned in July of the present year when flying his machine.
Joseph is Commemorated at Grave Reference: I. H. 22. Cemetery:RUE-PETILLON MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX
Submitted 17 August 2019 by matt drennan
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Joseph stated he was born in Glasgow, Scotland and gave his next of kin as his wife, Mrs. Dora Elizabeth Chapman, Perth, Western Australia.
On 30 May 1916, four days before it was relieved from front-line duty, the 11th Battalion came under a fierce German artillery bombardment. Two officers and 36 other ranks were killed in hours of an incessant hail of high explosive and shrapnel fire. Chapman was one of those killed and buried in the Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery.
His brother 285 Lce. Cpl. William McNab Chapman also of the 11th Battalion AIF, was killed in action on the 30 October 1917, aged 24.
Their parents were Joseph and Christina McNab Chapman of Barrhead, Scotland and both are remembered on the Barrhead War Memorial.