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Frank Burley CHAPMAN

Regimental number236
Date of birth31 December 1877
Place of birthKent Town, South Australia
SchoolPrince Alfred College, Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStorekeeper
Address35 Wade Street, Perth, Western Australia
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation38
Next of kinWife, Mrs Agnes Chapman, 35 Wade Street, Perth, Western Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 March 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll1 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentCorporal
Unit name28th Battalion, B Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/45/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A11 Ascanius on 29 June 1915
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A36 Thirty Six on 12 July 1916
Rank from Nominal RollCorporal
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateDied of wounds 4 March 1917
Place of death or woundingDernecourt near Albert, France
Age at death39
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialDernacourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VI, Row B, Grave No. 9), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
112
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Arthur and Sarah CHAPMAN; husband of Agnes CHAPMAN, Chidlow, Western Australia. Native of Adelaide, South Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

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