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CHAPPLE, Robert Charles

Service Number:	2598
Enlisted:	24 July 1915, Melbourne, Victoria
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	58th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, 1892
Home Town:	Northcote, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Bookbinder
Died:	Killed in Action, Fromelles, France, 19 July 1916
Cemetery:	Ration Farm Military Cemetery, la Chapelle-D'Armentieres Plot VI. Row F. Grave 45.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

World War 1 Service

24 Jul 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2598, Depot Battalion (AIF), Melbourne, Victoria
27 Oct 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2598, 23rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: ''
23 Feb 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 58th Infantry Battalion, T.O.S. from 23rd Infantry Battalion -- Tel El Kebir, Egypt
29 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2598, 58th Infantry Battalion, Admitted -- Hospital -- Sick -- Canal Zone, Egypt
30 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2598, 58th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- No 1. Australian Stationary Hospital -- Ismailia, Egypt
30 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2598, 58th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 4th Australian Field Ambulance -- Debility -- Serapeum, Egypt
31 Mar 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2598, 58th Infantry Battalion, Transferred -- Admitted -- 8thAustralian Field Ambulance -- Sick -- Ferry Post, Egypt
1 Apr 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2598, 58th Infantry Battalion, Discharged to Duty -- Rejoined Battalion -- Ferry Post, Egypt
17 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2598, 58th Infantry Battalion, Embarked Alexandria for B.E.F per H.M.T. "Transylvania"
23 Jun 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2598, 58th Infantry Battalion, Disembarked Marseilles, France
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2598, 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), Killed In Action
19 Jul 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2598, 58th Infantry Battalion, Fromelles (Fleurbaix), --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 2598 awm_unit: 58th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1916-07-19

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