BORN HULL 27/031876. SON OF WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER CHAPMAN (1855-1924) AND PATIENCE HULLETT LAMMIMAN (1850-1917). ONE OF TEN CHILDREN THE FAMILY LIVED AT THIS 1911 CENSUS ADDRESS. BERTRAND CHAPMAN WORKED AS A DONKEY MAN ON THE SHIPS IN HULL. HE EMIGRATED TO AUSTRALIA, WHERE HE WORKED AS A LABOURER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 9.5 INCHES TALL, 145LBS WEIGHT, 35 INCH CHEST. HE ENLISTED IN SYDNEY, NEW SOUTH WALES, ON 31/03/1917, GIVING THE YOUNGER AGE OF 39. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 31/10/1917. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 06/08/1918, AGED 42. BURIED ON THE SOMME, AT CRUCIFIX CORBIE CEMETERY, VILLERS BRETONNEUX. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WENT TO HIS WIDOW, FLORRIE, WHO LIVED AT ARGYLL STREET, PARAMATTA AND 40 WILLIAM STREET, PADDINGTON, NEW SOUTH WALES,
HIS BROTHER , PRIVATE, STANLEY CHAPMAN, EYR, WAS ALSO KILLED ON THE SOMME, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 27.
