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Allen Bryan Chapman

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Waikumete WW2 cremation memorial, Waikumete Cemetery (photo August 2012 by G.A. Fortune) - Image has All Rights Reserved

Waikumete WW2 cremation memorial, Waikumete Cemetery (photo August 2012 by G.A. Fortune) - Image has …

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Allen Bryan AWMM
  • Surname
    Chapman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    468771 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    9 January 1905 Noel Smith Research Project
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 19 Main Highway, Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Thelma Chapman (wife), 19 Main Highway, Ellerslie, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    468771 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Unknown AWMM Painter AWMM
    AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

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
    Killed on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of George James Chapman and Annie Chapman, of Ellerslie, Auckland; husband of Thelma Unice Chapman, of Ellerslie, Auckland. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    2 October 1947 AWMM
    Age 42 AWMM
    AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM Ashes Columbarium Niche Wall VLT Row Vlt, Plot 3VL Reinterred and marked by a plaque in the chapel lawn AWMM
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  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Waikumete WW2 cremation memorial, Waikumete Cemetery, Glen Eden, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

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