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CHAPMAN, Percival Douglas
Personal Details
Service Number: | 5059 |
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Enlisted: | 18 November 1915, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Last Rank: | Sergeant |
Last Unit: | 47th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Hampshire, England, 25 February 1894 |
Home Town: | Toowoomba, Toowoomba, Queensland |
Schooling: | St Mary's School, Warsash, England |
Occupation: | Gardener |
Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 7 June 1917, aged 23 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient), Toowoomba Roll of Honour WW1, Toowoomba War Memorial (Mothers' Memorial) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
18 Nov 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5059, Toowoomba, Queensland | |
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31 Mar 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5059, 15th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Star of Victoria embarkation_ship_number: A16 public_note: '' | |
31 Mar 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5059, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Star of Victoria, Sydney | |
10 Aug 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5059, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières | |
11 Aug 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 47th Infantry Battalion | |
7 Jun 1917: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 5059, 47th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 5059 awm_unit: 47th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1917-06-07 |
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Served in the Hampshire Territorial Regiment, British Army.
Service Record (pg3 ) indicates he was buried 750 yards E of Messines