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Charles Dale Chapman

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Headstone, Kaikohe Public Cemetery - This image may be subject to copyright

Headstone, Kaikohe Public Cemetery - This image may be subject to copyright

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Charles Dale AWMM
  • Surname
    Chapman AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    10502 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Unknown AWMM 19 Queen Street, Onehunga, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Elsie M. Chapman (wife), Maintenance Officer, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Unknown AWMM Legally Separated AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    10502 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW2 Cook/Military AWMM
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  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
    WW2 POW - Stalag VIII-B (later 344), Lamsdorf, Poland WW2 POW Medically Unfit (R25405151)
  • 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 Thomas and Edith Chapman of Kaikohe, Northland, New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    30 August 1946 AWMM
    Age 44 AWMM
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  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed on Active Service AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Kaikohe Public Cemetery, Kaikohe, New Zealand AWMM RSA Section 106 AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Dale was my uncle. He was captured by the Germans on Crete in 1941 and went to a POW Camp in Germany where he developed cancer and was repatriated through the Red Cross. I am not sure what date he came back to NZ but he died in 1946.
    Public - William Dale - Other relative - 20 April 2021
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Sources

Sources

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  • References
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 2 (Embarkations to 30th June, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      WW2 2: WW2 35 AWMM
    • Prisoners of War 2nd New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Repatriated Medically Unfit Protected Personnel [WW2 POW Medically Unfit], 1943 [1946], Archives New Zealand, Wellington, AAAA 7393/1/v (R25405151) AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
20 April 2021William DaleAuckland, New ZealandOther relative
20 October 2017GlennAuckland, NewZealandOther relative

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