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In memory of:

Sergeant Gordon Lindsay Chapman

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Military service

Service number: R/63908
Age: 26
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Air Force
Unit/Regiment: Royal Canadian Air Force
Division: 57 Sqn. (RAF)
Birth: September 15, 1915 Toronto, Ontario
Enlistment: April 13, 1940 Toronto, Ontario
Death: September 29, 1941

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: Panel 61.
Additional information
Son of William Frederick and Lottie Adorah Chapman, of Toronto, Ontario.

He was a drummer in the Queen's York Ranger Army Cadet Corps in Toronto, Ontario, from 1931 to 1933, a soldier in the 48th Highlanders of Canada – NPAM – from 1933 to 1935 and a gunner in the Royal Canadian Field Artillery – NPAM – from 1935 to 1936.

He served in Canada and Great Britain. He had 535 days of service, including 135 overseas.

Additional citations

Canadian Volunteer Service Medal

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 26 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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