Albert Walter CHAPMAN

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Service Number:	VX115139
Enlisted:	26 July 1942
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/3rd Field Company / Squadron RAE
Born:	Carlton, Victoria, Australia, 20 January 1921
Home Town:	Reservoir, Darebin, Victoria
Schooling:	Junior Technical Certificate
Occupation:	Plumbing and Gas-Fitting Apprentice (Plumbing)
Died:	Killed in Action , New Guinea, 24 September 1943, aged 22 years
Cemetery:	Lae War Cemetery (CWGC) Grave Reference Location ~ Plot BB. Row B. Grave 14. Personal Inscription ~ "HIS DUTY NOBLY DONE FOR FREEDOM AND LOVE OF US... R.I.P.".
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Sapper, VX115139, 2nd/3rd Field Company / Squadron RAE
26 Jul 1942:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, VX115139

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