CHAPMAN, William McNab
| Service Number: | 285 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 22 August 1914, An original of C Company |
| Last Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 11th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Geraldton, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Cross Arthurlie School, Barrhead, Scotland |
| Occupation: | Dairyman |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Belgium, 30 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, Flanders, Belgium. Remembered on the Barrhead War Memorial |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Geraldton District Great War Honour Roll, Menin Gate Memorial (Commonwealth Memorial to the Missing of the Ypres Salient) |
World War 1 Service
| 22 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 285, 11th Infantry Battalion, An original of C Company | |
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| 2 Nov 1914: | Involvement Private, 285, 11th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '10' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Nov 1914: | Embarked Private, 285, 11th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Fremantle | |
| 30 Oct 1917: | Involvement Lance Corporal, 285, 11th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 285 awm_unit: 11 Battalion awm_rank: Lance Corporal awm_died_date: 1917-10-30 |
William McNab Chapman
William McNab Chapman (Brother of Joseph Chapman)
Rank L Cpl
Service number 285
Birth Place: Glasgow, Scotland
Enlistment Place: Blackboy Hill, Western Australia
Date of death 30th Oct 1917
Theatre of death France and Flanders
Cause of death Killed in Action age 23
AUSTRALIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
Other detail 11 Bn.
Killed in action 30th Oct 1917 Pte William McNab Chapman Australians The Second son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Chapman Coogan street Barrhead age 23. Also their eldest son Private Joseph Chapman Australians age 25 Killed 30th May 1916.
Private Chapman- Pte Wm. McNab Chapman of the Australian Division was killed in action in France on 30th Oct 1917, He was the Second son of Mr and Mrs Joseph Chapman of Coogan street Barrhead, And his Brother Joseph also of the Australian forces was killed in May of last year. Wm had only been out in Australia for a short time when war broke out and he immediately joined up. He was one of the landing party at Gallipoli and went through all the terrible fighting of that enterprise. He was the last survivor of the Original company with which he was connected in the Gallipoli landing. A third Son is also with the colours, In addition to the two sons named above, Mr and Mrs Chapman have also lost a Son -in -law Flight Commander Louis D Morrison, Of the RN, who was drowned in July of the present year when flying his machine.
William is Commemorated at Ypres Menin Gate Memorial Panel 7 - 17 - 23 - 25 - 27 - 29 - 31
Submitted 17 August 2019 by matt drennan
Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks
William McNab Chapman was one the first to enlist in Western Australia. He served at the Anzac landing and was shot in the foot on that first Anzac Day. He was evacuated to Alexandria, but rejoined the 11th Bn at Gallipoli on 8 May 1915 and served through until the evacuation. He was appointed Lance Corporal, on 29 September 1917, four weeks prior to his death in Belgium.
He was born in Scotland and his parents were Joseph and Christina McNab Chapman of Barrhead in Scotland. His brother, 1727 Pte Joseph Chapman also of the 11th Battalion had been killed in action, 30 May 1916.
Both of their names are on the Barrhead War Memorial in Scotland.