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Earl Arthur Chapman

In memory of:

Craftsman Earl Arthur Chapman

January 8, 1954

Military Service

Service Number:

C-121321

Age:

27

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Division:

RCEME

Citation(s):

Korea Medal, United Nations Service Medal, 1939-45 Star, France-Germany Star, CVSM & Clasp, War Medal 1939-45. Korea Medal and United Nations Service Medal.

Additional Information

Born:

December 26, 1926
Cumberland, Ontario

Enlistment:

November 18, 1947
TORONTO, Ontario

Son of Mr. Arthur James and Mrs. Annie Chapman of Smiths Falls, Ontario; husband of Mrs. Jean Francis Chapman of Mayfair, Saskatchewan. Father of Gwyne Bernice and sister of Ruth (Chapman) Barkley.

Commemorated on the Wall of Remembrance.

Commemorated on Page 11 of the Korean War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

SASKATOON (WOODLAWN) CEMETERY
Saskatchewan, Canada

Grave Reference:

Veteran's Plot

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Gravemarker

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  • Saskatoon Woodlawn Cemetery– Earl Arthur Chapman is buried in the Veteran's Plot.

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    Saskatoon Woodlawn Cemetery
    Saskatoon Woodlawn Cemetery – Earl Arthur Chapman is buried in the Veteran's Plot.
  • Korean War Monument– Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.

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    Korean War Monument
    Korean War Monument – Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Korean War Monument– Close–up of the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. This features a Canadian soldier, facing toward Busan, Korea, where an identical monument watches over the graves of 378 Canadians in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Accompanying the volunteer are two Korean children, both holding symbols: the girl, a bouquet of maple leaves symbolizing Canada; and the boy, a bouquet of maple leaves and roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea.

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    Korean War Monument
    Korean War Monument – Close–up of the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario. This features a Canadian soldier, facing toward Busan, Korea, where an identical monument watches over the graves of 378 Canadians in the United Nations Memorial Cemetery. Accompanying the volunteer are two Korean children, both holding symbols: the girl, a bouquet of maple leaves symbolizing Canada; and the boy, a bouquet of maple leaves and roses of Sharon, the national flower of Korea.
  • Korean War Monument– Dedicatory inscription on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.

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    Korean War Monument
    Korean War Monument – Dedicatory inscription on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa, Ontario.
  • Korean War Monument– Craftsman Earl Arthur Chapman, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel and is one of the 516 soldiers whose names appear on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa. It was erected IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CANADIAN WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953 AND ON KOREAN PEACE KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957. Craftsman Chapman died on January 8, 1954 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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    Korean War Monument
    Korean War Monument – Craftsman Earl Arthur Chapman, Royal Canadian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, is one of 23 soldiers commemorated on this panel and is one of the 516 soldiers whose names appear on the Korean War Monument in Ottawa. It was erected IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE CANADIAN WHO DIED IN SERVICE DURING THE KOREAN WAR 1950-1953 AND ON KOREAN PEACE KEEPING DUTIES, 1953-1957. Craftsman Chapman died on January 8, 1954 and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

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