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Military service
Service number:
R/113527
Age:
19
Rank:
Observer
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
14th OTU (RAF)
Birth:
April 27, 1923
Moncton, New Brunswick
Enlistment:
June 25, 1941
Moncton, New Brunswick
Death:
September 10, 1942
Marl, Westphalie, Germany
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Coll. grave 17. E. 15-18.
Additional information
Son of Aubrey Ora and Pearl Lillian Chapman, of Moncton, New Brunswick.
He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 417 days of service, including 134 overseas.
Additional citations
Defense Medal, War Medal 1939-1945, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and clasp, operational wings.
Digital gallery of Observer Donald Harold Chapman
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Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
Entrance -
Reichswald Forest War Cemetery
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Roll of Honour
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Photo of Donald Harold Chapman
Donald H Chapman -
Grave Marker
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Panoramic of cemetery
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Photo of Donald Harold Chapman
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
Observer Donald Harold Chapman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Observer Donald Harold Chapman is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Inscription on a family grave marker located at Elmwood Cemetery, Moncton NB, Canada. (Photo credit: Captain (Ret'd) E.L.L. Gaudet, CD)
Digital gallery of
Observer Donald Harold Chapman
Digital gallery of
Observer Donald Harold Chapman
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 64 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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