CHAPPELL, Albert Bland
| Service Number: | 1718 |
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| Enlisted: | 5 January 1915, Liverpool, New South Wales |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 1st Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Abermain, New South Wales, Australia , 1892 |
| Home Town: | Kurri Kurri, Cessnock, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Miner |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 25 August 1918 |
| Cemetery: |
Heath Cemetery, Picardie Plot VI, Row 1, Grave 13, |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Cessnock Abermain Comforts Fund Pictorial Honour Roll, Sydney Henry Bull & Co Limited Honour Roll |
World War 1 Service
| 5 Jan 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Liverpool, New South Wales | |
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| 17 Mar 1915: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1718, 3rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: '' |
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| 17 Mar 1915: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 1718, 3rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Sydney | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 1718, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 25 Aug 1918: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 1718, 1st Machine Gun Battalion , "The Last Hundred Days", --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1718 awm_unit: 1st Australian Machine Gun Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1918-08-25 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Albert Bland CHAPPELL was born at Abermain, Newcastle in 1892
His parents were Horace Henry CHAPPELL and Emma Alice SAWYER who married on 22nd October, 1887 - registered in Lambton, NSW
He married Ada M. CHECKLEY in Leeds, England in 1917
Biography
"...1718 Private Albert Bland Chappell, 1st Battalion, Australian Machine Gun Corps. Private Chappell was killed in action on 1918-08-25, aged 25. He is buried in the Heath Cemetery, Harbonnieres, France..." - SOURCE (www.awm.gov.au)
"PRIVATE ALBERT CHAPPELL
Private Albert Chappell, of Kurri Kurri, who has been killed in action, sailed with the 4th Reinforcements of the Third Battalion, in March, 1915. He went through the Gallipoli campaign, and was then drafted to France, where he was wounded, and, afterwards sent back to the firing line. Private Chappell was employed at Abermain Colliery prior to enlisting." - from the Newcastle Sun 09 Sep 1918 (nla.gov.au)
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