CHAPMAN, Victor
| Service Number: | 8357 |
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| Enlisted: | 13 September 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Driver |
| Last Unit: | Royal Flying Corps |
| Born: | Gosford, New South Wales, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Granville, Parramatta, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Memorials: | Granville St Mark's Anglican Church Memorial Windows |
World War 1 Service
| 13 Sep 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 8357, 20th Army Service Corps | |
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| 27 Nov 1915: | Involvement Driver, 8357, 20th Army Service Corps, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Uganda embarkation_ship_number: A66 public_note: '' | |
| 27 Nov 1915: | Embarked Driver, 8357, 20th Army Service Corps, HMAT Uganda, Sydney | |
| 16 Mar 1917: | Discharged AIF WW1, Driver, 8357, 14th Army Service Corps, Discharged to the Royal Flying Corps with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. | |
| 17 Mar 1917: | Involvement Royal Flying Corps |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Lieutenant Victor Charles Chapman RFC was awarded the Air Force Cross in January 1919. He also served during WW2 in Australia as a Flight Lieutenant with the RAAF.
The Air Force Cross (AFC) was first established by King George V during 1918, after the formation of the RAF. It is a military decoration awarded to personnel of the United Kingdom Armed Forces, and formerly also to officers of the other Commonwealth countries, for "an act or acts of valour, courage or devotion to duty whilst flying, though not in active operations against the enemy". It may also be granted to individuals not belonging to the RAF for having rendered distinguished services to aviation in actual flying.
Chapman was with the AASC when he left Australia with the AIF in November 1915.