CHAPMAN, Edward Bartholemew
Service Number: | QX17391 |
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Enlisted: | 29 July 1940 |
Last Rank: | Sapper |
Last Unit: | 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE |
Born: | Brisbane, Queensland, 26 December 1906 |
Home Town: | Monto, North Burnett, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
Died: | Died of Illness (POW of Japan), Ambon, Ambon, Netherlands East Indies, 10 May 1944, aged 37 years |
Cemetery: |
Ambon War Cemetery, Ambon, Maluku, Indonesia Grave reference 24 D 8 |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Monto War Memorial, Shire of Monto War Memorial |
World War 2 Service
29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Private, QX17391, Kelvin Grove, Queensland | |
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29 Jul 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX17391 | |
30 Jul 1940: | Involvement Private, QX17391 | |
10 May 1944: | Involvement Sapper, QX17391, 2nd/11th Field Company / Squadron RAE, Prisoners of War |
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Edward Bartholemew CHAPMAN was born on 26th December, 1906 in Brisbane, Queensland
His parents were Arthur Ebenezer CHAPMAN and Marion Frances CROWTHER
Edward married Gladys Evelyn Matilda EULER on 22nd Febuary, 1938 - he was a Sapper with the 2/11 Field Company, Royla Australian Engineers & enlisted in Kelvin Grove, Queensland on 29th July, 1940
He was a prisoner of war & died on 10th May, 1944 & buried in Ambon War Cemetery - he is also commemorated on the WW2 Prisoner of War Memorial in Ballarat, Victoria and on the Roll of Honour in Ambon Cemetery & in Monto, Queensland