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CHAPMAN, George
Personal Details
Service Number: | 1528 |
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Enlisted: | 24 November 1914, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 8th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Ascot Vale, Victoria, Australia, 1890 |
Home Town: | Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Groom |
Died: | Died of wounds - head, At sea on board HS Rewa, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 1 August 1915 |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buries at sea Panel 30, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing |
Service History
World War 1 Service
24 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1528, 8th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Melbourne, Victoria | |
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19 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1528, 8th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Runic embarkation_ship_number: A54 public_note: '' | |
19 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1528, 8th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Runic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Birth rregistration number 29423 has his birth names of George Thomas Henry Chapman and registered in 1888 but possibly a misprint
Son of George Chapman and Margaret Chapman nee Burke of 49 Paisley Street, Footscray, Victoria later of 20 Hotham Street, Seddon, Victoria
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal