Clarence Victor (Vic) CHAPMAN

CHAPMAN, Clarence Victor

Service Number: 5981
Enlisted: 13 March 1916, Enlisted at Melbourne
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
Born: Horsham, Victoria, Australia, 25 October 1883
Home Town: Millgrove, Yarra Ranges, Victoria
Schooling: Yarragon State School, Victoria, Australia
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, France, 28 May 1917, aged 33 years
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Commemorated VILLERS-BRETONNEUX MEMORIAL, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Millgrove Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France), Yarragon War Memorial
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World War 1 Service

13 Mar 1916: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5981, 6th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne
28 Jul 1916: Involvement Private, 5981, 6th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
28 Jul 1916: Embarked Private, 5981, 6th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
30 Sep 1916: Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 38th Infantry Battalion, Transferred from the 6th Battalion to the 38th Battalion at Larkhill, England
7 Jan 1917: Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 5981, Gunshot wounds to the nose and left cheek. evacuated to England on the 15th January 1917
28 May 1917: Involvement Private, 5981, 38th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5981 awm_unit: 38th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-05-28

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas Chapman and Sophia Elizabeth Chapman of Millgrove, Victoria

28 May 1917 - eyewitness stated they saw him wounded and in barbed wire during a raid near Ploegstreet but they did know anything more as they too were wounded

Medals: British War Medal, ictory Medal