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Kenneth Louis Chapman

In memory of:

Flying Officer Kenneth Louis Chapman

November 6, 1944
Gornji Grad, Yugoslavia

Military Service


Service Number:

J/26001

Age:

25

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

178 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Citation(s):

1939-1945 Star, Italy Star, Defence Medal, General Service Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Bar, Operational Wings.

Additional Information


Born:

June 15, 1919
Meaford, Ontario

Enlistment:

October 21, 1941
Toronto, Ontario

Son of James L. Chapman and Bessie Aleda Chapman of Meaford, Ontario. Brother of Flying Officer William Merton Chapman who died on January 16, 1945, while serving with the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Kennenth had service in Canada, Great Britain, Egypt and in Italy.

Commemorated on Page 271 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Coll. grave 7. B. 1-8.

Location:

BELGRADE WAR CEMETERY is in the Uliga Baju Sekulica, in the city's Fifth Region, and is on the edge of the New Yugoslav Cemetery (Novo Groblije).

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Photo of KENNETH LOUIS CHAPMAN– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of KENNETH LOUIS CHAPMAN– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of KENNETH LOUIS CHAPMAN– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of KENNETH LOUIS CHAPMAN– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Other– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Other– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Other– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times November 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Cenotaph, Meaford Ontario
  • Photo of Kenneth Louis Chapman– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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