CHAPMAN, Edwin Claude
| Service Number: | 15039 |
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| Enlisted: | 3 January 1916, Perth, Western Australia |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 12th Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Port Lorne, South Australia, 28 January 1894 |
| Home Town: | Ravensthorpe, Ravensthorpe, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Ravensthorpe State School, Western Australia |
| Occupation: | Farmer |
| Died: | Died of wounds, France, 4 July 1918, aged 24 years |
| Cemetery: |
Borre British Cemetery Plot II, Row C, Grave 2, Borre British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ravensthorpe War Memorial |
World War 1 Service
| 3 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 15039, Perth, Western Australia | |
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| 4 May 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Gunner, 15039, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '4' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Port Lincoln embarkation_ship_number: A17 public_note: '' | |
| 4 May 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Gunner, 15039, 15th Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Port Lincoln, Melbourne | |
| 4 Jul 1918: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 15039, 12th Field Artillery Brigade , Le Hamel - Blueprint for Victory, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 15039 awm_unit: 12 Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1918-07-04 |
Sgt. Edwin Claude Chapman
Sgt Edwin Claude Chapman 04/07/1918
Claude was born at Port Lorne, South Aust. on 28/01/1894 and was the seconded youngest child of nine children of Charles and Alice Chapman.
The family moved to Ravensthorpe, West. Aust. in 1896.
They were wheat and sheep farmers in the district.
Claude enlisted in the A.I.F. at Perth, West. Aust. on the 11/01/1916.
Following his training in both West Aust and Victoria he was classified as a Gunner and was appointed acting Sergeant and was assigned to the 2nd reinforcements of the 12th Field Artillery Brigade.
On the 04/05 Claude and others embarked on HMAS Port Lincoln bound for Alexander, Egypt.
After two months of further training they embarked on the Lake Manitoba for England.
He had penetrating shrapnel chest wounds.
Pte Albert Leslie William (Les) Chapman 10/08/1918 is buried in Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres.
for his great niece Roma Strahan (Waterford, West. Aust.
Courtesy of Pierre Vandervalden, In Memory, The visit of Commonwealth Graves in Communals Cemetries and Churchyards in Belgium and France.
Submitted 15 March 2021 by Lynette Turner
Biography contributed by Julianne Ryan
Rootsweb ID: I337813 Born 28 January 1894 in Port Lorne, South Australia
(SA Births 1842 - 1906 Book: 539 Page: 145 District: Gil.)
Father Charles CHAPMAN (married in 1878) and Mother Alice Chapman (nee MANUEL).
Sibllings:
b.14/11/1878 Alice Bertha Chapman in Dublin, SA
b.13/11/1880 Arthur Bertram Charles Chapman in Dubllin, SA
b.6/8/1882 Nellie Rhoda Elizabeth Chapman in Dublin, SA
b.17/3/1884 Avy Linda Chapman in Wild Horse Plains, SA
b.17/2/1888 Lena Mirian Chapman in Wild Horse Plains, SA
b.4/11/1889 Albert Leslie Chapman
b.28/1/1894 Himself - Edwin Claude Chapman
b.14/3/1896 Irwin James Eli Chapman, in Port Lorne Hd Of Inkerman, SA
Lily Ruth Chapman - Born ...1892
Lily Ruth CHAPMAN (b. 26/6/1892 in Inkerman, SA)
Brother in service:
3754 Albert Leslie Chapman - killed in action 11/8/1918
(b. 4/11/1889 in Inkerman, South Australia)
Described on enlisting as 21 years 11 months old, single, 5' 7 3/4" tall; 138 lbs;
fresh complexion; hazel eyes; brown hair; Methodist
lived with parents in Fairsview, Ravensthorpe, Western Australia
3/1/1916 enlisted into WWI at Perth, WA
4/5/1916 embarked from Port of Melbourne onboard HMAT Port Lincoln A17
as a Gunner with 15th Field Artillery Brigade
Gunner admitted to Artillery Training School, Tel-el-Kebir
1/8/1916 embarked oversea onboard Lake Manitoba, ex Alexandria
26/10/1916 transferred to 12th Field Artillery Brigade, Parkhouse
appointed Bombadier, at Boynton, No.2 Camp
1/12/1916 promoted to Corporal
1/1/1917 promoted to Sergeant
21/2/1917 sick to hospital, admitted to Military Hospital, Sutton Veny
28/3/1917 proceeded overseas to France, ex Folkestone, England
4/4/1917 transferred to 11th Howitzer Battery, Etaples, France
1/10/1917 detached to RBAA England for special duty, ex Belgium
6/1/1918 granted leave in UK
7/1/1918 returned to unit
30/4/1918 proceeded overseas to France, via Southampton
9/5/1918 rejoined unit, 12th Army Brigade AFA in France
4/7/1918 penetrating shell wound to chest, wounded in action, France
admitted to 3rd Australian Field Ambulance
4/7/1918 transferred to 1st Australian Field Ambulance - dead on arrival
died of wounds received in action
Medals: British War medal (40324) and Victory medal (39920)
Memorial Plaque and scroll (347423)
buried in: Borre Military Cemetery - Plot I, Row C, Grave 22
later exhumed & reburied in:
Borre British Cemetery, Hazebrouck, Nord Pas de Calais, France
Plot II, Row C, Grave 2
His name is commemorated on Panel 17 at the Australian War Memorial, Canberra, ACT.
Submitted by Julianne T Ryan. 8/10/2016. Lest we forget.
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