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In memory of:

Flying Officer Harold Ernest Leslie Chapman

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Military service

Service number: J/26941
Age: 24
Rank: Flying Officer
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 144 Sqn. (RAF)
Birth: March 9, 1921 Blandford, Nova Scotia
Enlistment: March 3, 1942 Calgary, Alberta
Death: April 11, 1945 Fede Fjord, Norway

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 278.
Additional information
Son of Reverend Thomas Henry Chapman and Blanche Elizabeth Leslie of Calgary, Alberta.

He was a constable with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from January 8, 1941 to March 2, 1942 and stationed in Toronto, Ontario.

He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 1,093 days of service, including 547 overseas.

Additional citations

1939-1945 Star, Atlantic Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal and Clasp, Operational Wings.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 502 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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