Remembrance Events CHAPLIN, Albert Reginald Victor
(Pte) Albert Reginald Victor Chaplin
Pte Albert Reginald Victor Chaplin, 12th Battalion (right), both of Alberton, SA. He enlisted on 11 May 1915 and embarked from Adelaide aboard RMS Morea on 26 August 1915. On 1 March 1916 Pte Albert Chaplin transferred to 52nd Battalion. He was promoted to Sergeant on 4 July 1916 and was killed in action in France on 4 September 1916 aged 26.
| Regimental number | 2584 |
| School | Goolwa Public, South Australia |
| Religion | Protestant |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Address | c/o Mrs Pyke, Princess Street, Alberton, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 22 |
| Next of kin | Sister, Florence Annie Chaplin, 16 McLaren Street, Adelaide, South Australia |
| Enlistment date | 11-May-15 |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 12th Battalion, 8th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/29/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT Morea on 26 August 1915 |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Sergeant |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 52nd Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action 4 September 1916 |
| Place of death or wounding | Mouquet Farm, Pozieres, France |
| Age at death | 26 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, | 154 |
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| Miscellaneous information from | Parents: James and Elizabeth CHAPLIN. Born at Goolwa, South Australia |
| cemetery records |
Red Cross Report
ID number P05371.001
Collection Photograph
Object type Black & white - Digital file
Photographer Dick, W
Place made Australia: South Australia, Adelaide
Date made 1915
DescriptionStudio portrait of two brothers, 3780 Private (Pte) Lancelot George Chaplin, 27th Battalion (left) and 2584 Pte Albert Reginald Victor Chaplin, 12th Battalion (right), both of Alberton, SA. Pte Lancelot Chaplin enlisted on 4 May 1915 and embarked from Adelaide aboard HMAT Miltiades on 7 February 1916. Pte Albert Chaplin enlisted on 11 May 1915 and embarked from Adelaide aboard RMS Morea on 26 August 1915. On 1 March 1916 Pte Albert Chaplin transferred to 52nd Battalion. He was promoted to Sergeant on 4 July 1916 and was killed in action in France on 4 September 1916 aged 26. The brothers inscribed the portrait to their sister Florence Annie Chaplin (later Mrs Hector Davies). "To our sister with best love" (lower right corner).
