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Remembering World War I
Yarmouth Connections
Nathan Lewis Chipman
Regiment:
Canadian Infantry
Battalion:
85th Battalion
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regimental Number:
222661
Place of Birth:
Yarmouth, Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
Date of Birth:
February 6, 1887 (February 1897)
Date of Enlistment:
October 19, 1915
Place of Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Age at Enlistment:
18 (”Apparent Age” attestation paper)
(Height: 5 Feet 6 Inches)
Trade
Student
Marital Status:
Single
Next of Kin:
Lewis Chipman (Father) Yarmouth N.S.
Nathan Chipman was the son of Lewis and Maggie L. Chipman, of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. B.A. Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Date of Death:
June 16, 1917
Cause of Death:
Killed in Action
Age at Death:
20
Cemetery:
Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery, Souchez, Pas de Calais, France; (Plot: XXVIII. A. 27.)
Commemorated on Page 215 of the First World War Book of Remembrance
Displayed in the Memorial Chamber of the Peace Tower in Ottawa on May 15
Listed on the Nominal Roll of the 219th Battalion
Sources:
Library and Archives Canada (Attestation Paper)
Commonwealth War Grave Commission
Canadian Great War Project
Veterans Affairs Canada
Census Records 1911
“A Monument Speaks” A Thurston 1989 (pp 86-87)
Nathan Lewis Chipman
Attestation Paper (click to enlarge)
Grave Marker – Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery Souchez, France. (J. Stephens 2010)