Albert Walter CHAPMAN

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CHAPMAN, Albert Walter

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

World War 2 Service

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

Albert's elder brother, Ray

Albert was the half brother of Raymond John Ball (VX41479) who was also a member of 2/3 Fld Coy, RAE, and who'd previously served in the Middle East/ North Africa campaigns, and later in Borneo before returning to Australia.

My father, Ray, also had two step brothers and a cousin in the AIF: John James Farmer (VX27568, 2/23 Battalion, KIA at Tobruk), Patrick Joseph Ball (V47842, 2/35 Battalion) and Walter James Ellen (VX40091, 2/23 Battalion, KIA Tobruk). When I was very young, he told me that he'd witnessed his brother's death, which I assumed was John, but which I later understood to be Albert, since they were in the same unit in New Guinea where Albert died.

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