CHAPMAN, Charles Pease
| Service Number: | 144 |
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| Enlisted: | 28 August 1914, Randwick, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 2nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Dubbo, NSW, 11 March 1888 |
| Home Town: | Norfolk Island, Norfolk Island, Australian Territory, Norfolk Island |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | School Teacher |
| Died: | Sydney, NSW, 17 January 1963, aged 74 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW East Terrace 2 Gdn 6 |
| Memorials: | Norfolk Island Cenotaph, Norfolk Island RSL Roll of Honour, Norfolk Island Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 28 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 144, 2nd Infantry Battalion, Randwick, NSW | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 144, 2nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Suffolk embarkation_ship_number: A23 public_note: '' | |
| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 144, 2nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Suffolk, Sydney |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of John Joyce CHAPMAN and Elizabeth Isabella nee TYALOR
Married 21 December 1916 in England to Evelyn May nee GRUMMITT
No Children
Believed at one stage, to be Headmaster of Knox Grammar, Wahroonga, NSW. He started his own school - The Killara Preparatory School at Killara in Sydney, NSW - and ran it with the help of his wife Evelyn. The school was located, in its life, on at least two sites and was designed to act as a preparation for Sydney Greater Public Schools. Newington College purchased the School when Chapman retired about 1954. The location of school remains at 24 Northcote Rd, Lindfield and Newington College utilised the school as its own Preparatory School.
Chapman produced the booklet “English Grammar Simplified - for use in Preparatory Schools” and wrote the book when Principal of Killara Preparatory
On retirement from teaching Chapman and his wife moved to 89 Greville St, Chatswood.
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