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Private WILLIAM GEORGE CHAPMAN

Service Number: 5347
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

54th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 March 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

VI. C. 4.

France

Slate memorial in good condition

Photographer: Andy Lee

Headstone Slate

Photographer: Philip Bufton

  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John William Edward and Elizabeth Chapman, of Cullinga, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE TO KEEP AUSTRALIA FREE
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Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2480
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