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Record Detail |
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| Full Name: |
Major Frank Chapman |
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| Rank Last Held: |
Major |
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| Forename(s): |
Frank |
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| Surname: |
Chapman |
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| War: |
- Anglo-Boer War, 1899-1902
- World War I, 1914-1918
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| Serial No.: |
13/634 |
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| First Known Rank: |
Major |
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| Next of Kin: |
E.E. Chapman, Opotiki, New Zealand |
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| Marital Status: |
Single |
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| Enlistment Address: |
Opotiki, New Zealand |
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| Military District: |
Auckland |
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| Body on Embarkation: |
Main Body |
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| Embarkation Unit: |
Auckland Mounted Rifles |
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| Embarkation Date: |
16 October 1914 |
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| Place of Embarkation: |
Auckland, New Zealand |
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| Transport: |
HMNZT 8 |
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| Vessel: |
Star of India |
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| Destination: |
Suez, Egypt |
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| Page on Nominal Roll: |
121 |
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| Campaigns: |
Gallipoli |
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| Military Awards: |
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) |
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| Award Circumstances: |
London Gazette, 28 January 1916, p1209, WA 22/5/10: Led the attack until wounded on Old No 3 Post on the night 6/7 August 1917 |
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| Last Unit Served: |
Auckland Mounted Rifles |
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| Place of Death: |
Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Date of Death: |
8 August 1915 |
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| Year of Death: |
1915 |
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| Cause of Death: |
Killed in action |
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| Memorial Name: |
Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey |
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| Memorial Reference: |
Panel 1 |
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| Biographical Notes: |
Brother of Mr. E.E. Chapman, of Opotiki. |
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| Description of Image: |
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915 |
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| Further References: |
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option. |
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| Sources Used: |
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919 |
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