John Russell CHAPMAN

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CHAPMAN, John Russell

Service Number:	232
Enlisted:	Not yet discovered
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
Born:	Colac, Victoria, Australia, 1876
Home Town:	Colac, Colac-Otway, Victoria
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Lineman
Died:	Prahran, Victoria, Australia, 24 June 1971, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Brighton General Cemetery, Victoria
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Boer War Service

1 Oct 1899:	Involvement Private, 232, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen
6 Mar 1901:	Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 232, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 488 notes 5th QIB embarked at Pinkenba 6 Mar 1901 aboard Templemore arriving Port Elizabeth 1 Apr 1901.
9 Dec 1901:	Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 232, 5th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 79, notes invalided returned to Australia aboard Damascus arriving Brisbane 2 Dec 1901, discharged 9 Dec 1901.

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Biography contributed by Claude McKelvey

When John Russell Chapman enlisted in 1901 in the 5th QIB and his details were published in The Queenslander, 16 Mar 1901, he noted his N.O.K. as Mrs W. Chapman, Colac, Victoria.

John Russell Chapman was born in 1876 at Colac, Victoria, a son to William Chapman and Agnes Chapman (nee Symons). He married Elizabeth Rose Cooper in 1903 in Victoria and they had at least 11 children.

(source- AWM Boer War Nominal Roll, Murray p. 498; Qld State Archives- Boer War Service Paybooks 5th QIB, Bk 2 p. 79).

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