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CHAPPEL, Norman
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1844 |
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| Enlisted: | 31 January 1916, Place of enlistment - Charters Towers |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Pioneer Battalion |
| Born: | Charters Towers, date not yet discovered |
| Home Town: | Charters Towers, Charters Towers, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Charters Towers State School & Grammar School, Technical College |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Broncho Pneumonia, Fovant, United Kingdom, 7 May 1917, age not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Fovant (St. George) Churchyard, Wiltshire - South West, England Plot II, Row B, Grave 3 , Fovant (St George) Churchyard, Fovant, Wiltshire, England, United Kingdom |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 31 Jan 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1844, Place of enlistment - Charters Towers | |
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| 1 Apr 1916: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 4th Pioneer Battalion | |
| 12 Apr 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1844, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Embarked on RMS Mooltan from Sydney on 12th April 1916. | |
| 3 Apr 1917: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 1844, 4th Pioneer Battalion, Private Chappel reported sick to Fovant Military Hospital on 3rd April 1917. Admitted to 1st Australian Dermatological Hospital on 17th April 1917 byt transferred back to Fovant Military Hospital on 25th April 1917. He succumbed to the illness at 6:55am on 7th May 1917. |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Daryl Jones
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Ann CHAPPEL, of New Queen Road, Queenton, Queensland. Born at Charters Towers.
Burial Report regarding the Late 1844 Private Chappel
'The deceased soldier was accorded a military funeral and was the first Australian to be buried in the Fovant Parish hurchyard; his friend, Private Robert Simpson has since been buried next to him. The Company has provided a permanent wreath and are erecting a stone cross.'