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He was a reservist in the 1st Field Squadron of the Royal Canadian Engineer – NPAM. He was a private in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada – NPAM – service number B-572263, in Galt, Ontario, from November 22 to December 21, 1940 in order to receive 30 days of compulsory basic training under the Mobilization Act. of National Resources (NRMA) of 1940.
He died of burns sustained in the Knights of Columbus Hostel fire in St. John's, Newfoundland, on December 12, 1942, which claimed 99 civilian and military casualties. Doubts have hovered and still hover about an act of Nazi sabotage, the cause having never been determined. The medical report written on December 14, 1942 claims that Chapman died on December 13, at 1:15 a.m., at Fort Pepperell Air Force Base Hospital in St. John's.
He served in Canada for 133 days and in Newfoundland for 43 days.
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Page 64 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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GANDER CEMETERY Newfoundland, Canada
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