CHAPMAN, Wilbur Henry
Service Number: | 417157 |
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Enlisted: | 31 January 1942, Adelaide, SA |
Last Rank: | Flight Sergeant |
Last Unit: | No. 514 Squadron (RAF) |
Born: | Peterborough, South Australia, Australia , 26 May 1917 |
Home Town: | Dawson, Peterborough, South Australia |
Schooling: | Primary School Head of Cavenagh, South Australia |
Occupation: | Farmer |
Died: | Flying Battle, Netherlands, 22 January 1944, aged 26 years |
Cemetery: |
Hindeloopen Protestant Churchyard, Friesland, Netherlands Plot D, Row 1, Grave 1 |
Memorials: | Adelaide WW2 Wall of Remembrance, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dawson War Memorial, International Bomber Command Centre Memorial, Peterborough District Town Hall Honour Board WW2 |
World War 2 Service
31 Jan 1942: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Sergeant, 417157, No. 514 Squadron (RAF), Adelaide, SA | |
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9 Jan 1943: | Embarked |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Wilbur Henry CHAPMAN was born in Peterborough, South Australia on 26th May, 1917
His parents were Samuel CHAPMAN & Harriet WEBB
He married Isabel Jean McNEIL in SA in 1942
Wilbur died on 22nd January, 1944 and is buried in the Hindeloopen Protestant Churchyard, Friesland, Netherlands, Plot D, Row 1, Grave 1
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial