John Charles Alexander Chaplin

Forenames

John Charles Alexander AWMM

Surname

Chaplin AWMM

Service number

WWI 49692 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1894 AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs Elizabeth Chaplin (mother), 22 Summers Street, Stanley Bay, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 12 Jun 1917 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 49692 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Painter AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 13 Jun 1917-19 Oct 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 87 AWMM Vessel was RMS Tahiti AWMM Private AWMM 27th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Rifleman AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion AWMM

John Chaplin was the son of Mr Alexander Chaplin and Mrs Elizabeth Chaplin, of Stanley Bay, Auckland, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Mrs E. Chaplin, Stanley Bay, Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

26 May 1918 AWMM
Age  23 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme, France AWMM II. N. 10. AWMM

Memorial name

• Roll of Honour, Holy Trinity (Anglican) Church, 20 Church Street, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Devonport War Memorial, Devonport, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
• Roll of Honour, Devonport Primary School, granite tablet, 18 Kerr Street, Devonport, Auckland AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21893469
  Further Reference
• The Parish of Holy Trinity, Devonport. (n.d.). Holy Trinity and St Augustine's Churches. Website.
  http://www.holytrinity.gen.nz/index.html
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage Devonport War memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/devonport-first-world-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• Devonport War Memorial Index, Auckland Council Archives
  http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/CityArchives/FamilyHistory/DBC859/searchdevonport.htm
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/524569/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/524569
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  67: 11
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• HMNZT 87 Tahiti - Tales of a tub : being the story of the ways and woes of that portion of the Twenty-seventh Reinforcement on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 87, "Tahiti" -- Capetown : Cape Times Ltd., printers : 1917