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Albert Delville Chapman

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Albert Delville AWMM
  • Surname
    Chapman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    • Del AWMM
    • Delville A. Chapman AWMM
  • Service number
    • 1739 AWMM
    • WWII NZD1739 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 July 1920 AWMM AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW2 C/- Miss N Codlin, George St, Waioruru AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Miss N. Codlin (aunt) AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • North Sea (Naval) AWMM
    • 1939-1945 WW2 AWMM
    • Pacific Theatre of War AWMM
    • Indian Ocean (Naval) AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Navy AWMM
  • Service number
    • 1739 AWMM
    • WWII NZD1739 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 16 June 1939 AWMM
    Age 18 AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the serviceman in 1998 AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2004 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Personnel - Demobilisation - Monthly list of personnel demobilised [Royal New Zealand Navy], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAYT 8490 N1/426 (R21465794) AWMM
    • Royal New Zealand Navy List (c.1921-c.1970) - kindly provided by Ralph McNabb. AWMM
    • Cenotaph record initially prepared with the service person. AWMM
    • Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12 AWMM

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