Gilbert John CHAPMAN

Regimental number15490
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs G J Chapman, Hororata, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 29 August 1918
Place of burialAchiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row T, Grave No 5), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Amelia M. Chapman, Hororata, Canterbury
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 8

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