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Bruce Chapman BOASE
1934 Bruce Boase
Bruce Chapman BOASE  ‎(I69)‎
Given Names: Bruce Chapman
Surname: BOASE

Gender: MaleMale
      

Birth: 13 January 1917 29 30
Death: 31 July 2009 ‎(Age 92)‎ Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
Personal Facts and Details
Birth 13 January 1917 29 30
Military Service between 1944 and 1945 ‎(Age 26)‎

Hide Details Note: WW2 Service Record:
Name: BOASE, BRUCE CHAPMAN
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Service Number: 140157
Date of Birth: 13 Jan 1917
Place of Birth: MILLICENT, SA
Date of Enlistment: 29 Apr 1943
Locality on Enlistment: MILLICENT
Place of Enlistment: ADELAIDE
Next of Kin: BOASE, FREDERICK
Date of Discharge: 20 May 1946
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Posting at Discharge: 100 SQUADRON

Memories

Hide Details Note: "Aunt Thel and I ‎[Bruce Boase]‎ and Skitchy ‎[Ralph Skitch, Thel's husband]‎ used to go sing everywhere. Aunt Thel and I used to sing a lot. Ralph and Gwen Snelling ‎[soprano]‎ used to go to Mount Gambier and Naracoorte, a lot with the churches."

"Some of us boys sang at the bucks shows: Max - "Cracker," "Boxer" - Clinton Billinger, Nick, "Fot"- Bill Bowering, and me, "Bus"."

Death 31 July 2009 ‎(Age 92)‎ Whyalla, South Australia, Australia

Last Change 2 August 2009 - 15:46:52
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Parents Family  (F16)
Frederick William Fred BOASE
1887 - 1956
Alma Beryl Jane CHAPMAN
1886 - 1977
Una Chapman BOASE
1913 - 1989
Maxwell Chapman Max BOASE
1918 - 1942
Bruce Chapman BOASE
1917 - 2009

Immediate Family  (F1792)
Private
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Notes
Military Service WW2 Service Record:
Name: BOASE, BRUCE CHAPMAN
Service: Royal Australian Air Force
Service Number: 140157
Date of Birth: 13 Jan 1917
Place of Birth: MILLICENT, SA
Date of Enlistment: 29 Apr 1943
Locality on Enlistment: MILLICENT
Place of Enlistment: ADELAIDE
Next of Kin: BOASE, FREDERICK
Date of Discharge: 20 May 1946
Rank: Leading Aircraftman
Posting at Discharge: 100 SQUADRON
Memories "Aunt Thel and I ‎[Bruce Boase]‎ and Skitchy ‎[Ralph Skitch, Thel's husband]‎ used to go sing everywhere. Aunt Thel and I used to sing a lot. Ralph and Gwen Snelling ‎[soprano]‎ used to go to Mount Gambier and Naracoorte, a lot with the churches."

"Some of us boys sang at the bucks shows: Max - "Cracker," "Boxer" - Clinton Billinger, Nick, "Fot"- Bill Bowering, and me, "Bus"."

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Sources

Source
World War 2 Nominal Roll

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Media

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Family with Parents
Father
Frederick William Fred BOASE ‎(I40)‎
Birth 11 March 1887 46 35
Death 21 November 1956 ‎(Age 69)‎ Hospital, Tailem Bend, South Australia, Australia
-8 months
Mother
 
Alma Beryl Jane CHAPMAN ‎(I39)‎
Birth 24 July 1886 28 26 Nairne, South Australia, Australia
Death 25 October 1977 ‎(Age 91)‎ Resthaven, Marion, South Australia, Australia

Marriage: 30 January 1913 -- Payneham, South Australia, Australia
7 months
#1
Sister
Una Chapman BOASE ‎(I18)‎
Birth 7 September 1913 26 27 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Death 30 May 1989 ‎(Age 75)‎ Wakefield Street Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
5 years
#2
Brother
Maxwell Chapman Max BOASE ‎(I4412)‎
Birth 25 April 1918 31 31
Death 26 October 1942 ‎(Age 24)‎ El Alamein, Egypt
-15 months
#3
Bruce Chapman BOASE ‎(I69)‎
Birth 13 January 1917 29 30
Death 31 July 2009 ‎(Age 92)‎ Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
Family with Private
Bruce Chapman BOASE ‎(I69)‎
Birth 13 January 1917 29 30
Death 31 July 2009 ‎(Age 92)‎ Whyalla, South Australia, Australia
Wife