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CHAPPEL, Charles Leonard
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 2137 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 April 1916, Enlisted at Adelaide |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 48th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Hackney, South Australia, Australia, 10 October 1896 |
| Home Town: | Unley, Unley, South Australia |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Tailor |
| Died: | Died of wounds - abdomen, buttocks and back, Somme, France, 28 April 1918, aged 21 years |
| Cemetery: |
Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery Plot 1X, Row D, Grave 8, Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France |
| Memorials: | Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Black Forest Parkside West Methodist Church and School Roll of Honor WW1, Unley Arch of Remembrance, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 10 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2137, 48th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Adelaide | |
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| 12 Aug 1916: | Involvement Private, 2137, 48th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Ballarat embarkation_ship_number: A70 public_note: '' | |
| 12 Aug 1916: | Embarked Private, 2137, 48th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ballarat, Adelaide | |
| 28 Apr 1918: | Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 2137, 48th Infantry Battalion, Multiple shell wounds to the abdomen, buttock and back |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of James Chappel and Elizabeth Jane (nee Holley) Chappel of 71 Unley Raod, Unley, SA; brother of Irene Victoria Chappel, Clarice May Chappel and Gladys Gwendoline Chappel
Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Also served 3 years with the Cadets