John
Charles Alexander
Chaplin
Born in Auckland, New Zealand
Ancestors 
Son of Alexander Chaplin
and Elizabeth Sarah (Crabb) Chaplin
Brother of
Alexander Chaplin, Mary (Chaplin) Lovett, Alexander Chaplin, James Owen Chaplin, Walter Chaplin, Ellen (Chaplin) Postlewaight, Roland Chaplin and Len Chaplin
Died
at age 23
in France
Profile last modified
| Created 30 Sep 2016
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John Chaplin is an Anzac who served in World War One.
Biography
John Chaplin served in the New Zealand Army in World War I
Service started:
Unit(s): 2nd Bn, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Service ended: 26 May 1918 (KIA)
Service started:
Unit(s): 2nd Bn, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Service ended: 26 May 1918 (KIA)
Son of Alexander Chaplin and Elizabeth Chaplin (nee Crabb), John was born in 1894 in New Zealand.
CHAPLIN, John Charles Alexander - WW1 49692 - Army [1]
Second Battalion 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Killed in action in the field on the 26th May 1918
Burial
- Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Departement de la Somme, Picardie, France
- Plot: II. N. 10.
Sources
- Dept of Internal Affairs, New Zealand - www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
- N.Z. BIRTHS - 1894/7801 - Chaplin John Charles Alexander - parents : Elizabeth & Alexander
- "New Zealand, Civil Records Indexes, 1800-1896," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q24K-RX54 : accessed 28 December 2016), John Charles Alexander Chaplin, 1894; citing Birth, New Zealand, New Zealand, Wellington; registration number 1894/7801.
- N.Z. DEATHS - 1918/87330 - Chaplin John Charles Alexander aged 22 years
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph [2]
- Australia & New Zealand Find-a-Grave Index Find A Grave: Memorial #56518428
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~3.12%
Liz Crabb
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch EX7546323 [compare], Ancestry member elizabethcrabb08
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Categories: Euston Road Cemetery, Colincamps, Somme | Anzacs, World War I | Killed in Action, New Zealand, World War I | 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, New Zealand Army, World War I