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CHAPMAN, James Francis
Personal Details
Service Number: | 95 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen |
Born: | Colac, Victoria, Australia, 1865 |
Home Town: | Booval, Ipswich, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Railway Worker |
Died: | 12 March 1950, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Mount Thompson Memorial Gardens & Crematorium, Queensland Columbarium 5 | Section 24 |
Memorials: |
Service History
Boer War Service
1 Oct 1899: | Involvement Private, 95, Queensland Imperial Bushmen | |
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18 May 1900: | Embarked Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 95, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 475 notes 4th QIB embarked 18 May 1900 aboard Manchester Port arriving Beira 14 Jun 1900. | |
10 Aug 1901: | Discharged Australian and Colonial Military Forces - Boer War Contingents, Private, 95, 4th Queensland Imperial Bushmen, AWM Boer War Unit Details, Murray p. 477 notes 4th QIB embarked 5 Jul 1901 aboard Britannic returning to Australia arriving Brisbane 5 Aug 1901, disbanded 10 Aug 1901. |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Claude McKelvey
James Francis Chapman was born in 1865 at Colac, Victoria, a son to William Chapman and Agnes Chapman (nee Symons). He married Annie Elizabeth Esther Brockett on 2 Sep 1901 and they had 3 children. They lived in Ipswich, Qld where he was a railways worker.