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Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield CHAPMAN (1913 - 1941)
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Catharina BLOMFIELD (1875 - 1950) Edwin Cordeaux BLOMFIELD (1835 - 1913) Thomas Valentine BLOMFIELD (1793 - 1857)
Christina Jane BROOKS (1802 - 1852)
Catherina MARSH (1843 - 1934) Charles William MARSH (1815 - 1871)
Janetta Maria MCLEOD (1824 - 1887)
Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield CHAPMAN
Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield CHAPMAN
Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield CHAPMAN Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield CHAPMAN
b. 27 Jan 1913 at Uralla, New South Wales, Australia
d. 09 Aug 1941 at France aged 28
Near Relatives of Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield CHAPMAN (1913 - 1941)
Relationship Person Born Birth Place Died Death Place Age
Grandfather Edwin Cordeaux BLOMFIELD 25 Nov 1835 Campbelltown, New South Wales, Australia 25 Feb 1913 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 77
Grandmother Catherina MARSH 25 Jul 1843 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 06 Oct 1934 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 91

Father Christopher Charles CHAPMAN 1873 1962 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 89
Mother Catharina BLOMFIELD 10 Feb 1875 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 07 Jul 1950 Buderim, Queensland, Australia 75

Self Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield CHAPMAN 27 Jan 1913 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 09 Aug 1941 France 28

Brother Edwin Blomfield CHAPMAN 16 Jun 1908 Cunnamulla, Queensland, Australia
Sister Katherine Blomfield CHAPMAN 28 Mar 1910 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia
Brother Francis Blomfield CHAPMAN 20 Nov 1911 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 08 Mar 1943 Gasmata, New Britain 31

Uncle Charles Edwin BLOMFIELD 28 Oct 1864 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 30 Jun 1947 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia 82
Aunt Dorothy Ivy FRIEDERICH 1891
Uncle Herbert Marsh BLOMFIELD 16 Oct 1866 Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia 08 Nov 1943 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 77
Aunt Elsie Maud Desailly WREN 1879 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1953 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 74
Aunt Janetta Christina BLOMFIELD 28 Dec 1867 Rylstone, New South Wales, Australia 07 Jul 1949 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 81
Uncle Walter George BLOMFIELD 25 Mar 1869 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 26 Aug 1954 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 85
Aunt Alice Georgina BLAXLAND 30 Nov 1870 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 21 Jun 1919 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia 48
Aunt Lucy Mary Constance Palmer BOGLE
Aunt Marion BLOMFIELD 13 Jul 1870 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 23 Jun 1961 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 90
Uncle Douglas McLeod BLOMFIELD 07 Nov 1871 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 13 Dec 1899 Lualaba River, Central East Africa 28
Uncle Edwin Roger BLOMFIELD 10 Sep 1873 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 09 Feb 1949 Newtown, New South Wales, Australia 75
Aunt Susan Constance CLEEVE 1873 Glebe, New South Wales, Australia 1955 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia 82
Uncle Lionel Harold BLOMFIELD 09 Dec 1876 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 06 Jan 1898 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 21
Uncle Alfred Leslie BLOMFIELD 12 Jun 1878 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 19 Oct 1958 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 80
Aunt Anne F FALCONER 04 Aug 1890 Chautauqua, New York, USA 15 Feb 1963 Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 72
Uncle Richard Henry BLOMFIELD 17 Jan 1880 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 06 Feb 1940 North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 60
Aunt Bessie Desailly WREN 07 Aug 1891 Candelo, Bega, New South Wales, Australia 1966 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia 75
Uncle Cecil Valentine BLOMFIELD 07 Jun 1881 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 31 Aug 1918 Mont St Quentin, France 37
Uncle Allaster Geoffrey BLOMFIELD 13 Dec 1886 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 23 Nov 1971 Walcha, New South Wales, Australia 84
Aunt Chalmers Heather Una MAITLAND 1897 Braidwood, New South Wales, Australia
Aunt Elfrida BLOMFIELD 14 Jan 1888 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 08 May 1983 Castle Hill, New South Wales, Australia 95
Uncle Reginald Banfield DRUCE 1886 Petersham, New South Wales, Australia

Cousin Edwin Cordeaux BLOMFIELD 25 Dec 1917 Inverell, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Barrington Friedrich BLOMFIELD 07 Jan 1920 Wandsworth, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Elsie Reda Wren BLOMFIELD 28 Oct 1900 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Herbert Richard Wren BLOMFIELD 15 Oct 1902 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 16 Aug 1972 Walcha, New South Wales, Australia 69
Cousin Douglas Wren BLOMFIELD 22 Jun 1904 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 17 Jun 1965 Marrickville, Sydney, Australia 60
Cousin John Robert Wren BLOMFIELD 19 Jun 1906 Bega, New South Wales, Australia 12 Oct 1981 Greenwich, New South Wales, Australia 75
Cousin Edwin William Wren BLOMFIELD 03 Jun 1908 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Henry Wren BLOMFIELD 20 Nov 1910 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Harold Barrington Wren BLOMFIELD 23 May 1917 Bega, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Eileen Marion BLOMFIELD 22 Jun 1899 Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia 24 Jul 1907 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia 8
Cousin Lionel Charles Edwin BLOMFIELD 14 Feb 1901 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 26 Aug 1986 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia 85
Cousin Nancy Alison BLOMFIELD 15 Nov 1903 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 09 Aug 1914 St Leonards, New South Wales, Australia 10
Cousin Elinor McLeod BLOMFIELD 21 May 1905 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Thomas Walter BLOMFIELD 19 Jul 1907 Gladstone, Queensland, Australia 26 Jan 1922 Miriam Vale, Queensland, Australia 14
Cousin Beatrice BLOMFIELD 24 Jul 1912 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 06 Jan 1920 Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia 7
Cousin David Cecil BLOMFIELD 10 Jun 1921 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Lucy Margaret BLOMFIELD 14 Aug 1922 Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Bruce Kingdon BLOMFIELD 12 Sep 1907 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Lucy Kingdon BLOMFIELD 03 Jun 1910 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Hugh Kingdon BLOMFIELD abt 1911 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 1913 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 2
Cousin Arthur Hugh Kingdon BLOMFIELD 06 May 1912 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 31 Jan 1913 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 0
Cousin Alfred Leslie BLOMFIELD 31 Oct 1912 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA 02 Jul 1986 Quirindi, New South Wales, Australia 73
Cousin Allen Falconer BLOMFIELD 17 Jan 1914 Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
Cousin Richard Geoffrey BLOMFIELD 14 Nov 1913 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 1996 83
Cousin Colin Wren BLOMFIELD 09 Apr 1915 Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 12 Dec 1963 Gosford, New South Wales, Australia 48
Cousin Innes Clive BLOMFIELD 29 Jun 1919 Walcha, New South Wales, Australia 01 Nov 1978 Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia 59
Cousin Owen Wren BLOMFIELD 31 Jul 1921 Walcha, New South Wales, Australia 14 Oct 1997 76
Cousin Cecile Wren BLOMFIELD 09 Sep 1922 Walcha, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased
Cousin Peter Cordeaux DRUCE 05 Nov 1920 Neutral Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Brian Reginald DRUCE 06 Aug 1923 Chatswood, New South Wales, Australia
Cousin Derek Blomfield DRUCE 28 Aug 1925 Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 21 Dec 1987 Woy Woy, New South Wales, Australia 62
Cousin Living or Recently Deceased

Sister in Law Enid Evelyn BOOKER
Brother in Law David Sering HALL
Brother in Law Harold Charles DICKINSON
Sister in Law Bernice (CHAPMAN)
Events in Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield CHAPMAN (1913 - 1941)'s life
Date Age Event Place Notes Src
27 Jan 1913 Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield CHAPMAN was born Uralla, New South Wales, Australia 30
09 Aug 1941 28 Christopher Geoffrey Blomfield CHAPMAN died France 30
Personal Notes:
Service Record
Name CHAPMAN, CHRISTOPHER GEOFFREY BLOMFIELD
Service Royal Australian Air Force
Service Number 404198
Date of Birth 27 Jan 1913
Place of Birth URALLA, NSW
Date of Enlistment 21 Jun 1940
Locality on Enlistment Unknown
Place of Enlistment BRISBANE, QLD
Next of Kin CHAPMAN, C
Date of Death 9 Aug 1941
Rank Sergeant
Posting on Death 452 SQUADRON
WW2 Honours and Gallantry None for display
Prisoner of War No
Roll of Honour CHARLEVILLE QLD

No. 452 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, was the first Australian squadron to form in Britain during the Second World War in accordance with Article XV of the Empire Air Training Scheme. Its first personnel took up their posts at Kirton in Lindsey on 8 April 1941 and, flying Supermarine Spitfires, the squadron became operational on 22 May.

Part of 11 Group of Fighter Command, 452 Squadron operated from a series of airfields in south-eastern Britain. The focus of its operations were the skies above occupied France and Belgium, where it escorted bombing raids and conducted sweeps to engage enemy aircraft. The squadron was also employed to conduct defensive patrols over Britain and the English Channel. During its first year of operations 452 Squadron established itself as one of the most successful squadrons in Fighter Command, destroying 62 enemy aircraft and damaging another 17. Its aircraft also severely damaged a German destroyer with a strafing attack mounted during the “dash” through the English Channel made by the German battlecruisers Scharnhorst, Gneisenau and Prince Eugen on 11 February 1942.

Under orders to return to Australia, 452 Squadron withdrew from operations in Britain on 23 March 1942. It sailed for home on 21 June, arrived in Melbourne on 13 August, and re-assembled at Richmond on 6 September. The squadron began refresher training at Richmond with a motley collection of aircraft, its Spitfires having being commandeered in transit by the Royal Air Force in the Middle East.

452 Squadron returned to front-line service on 17 January 1943. Re-equipped with Spitfires, it was based at Batchelor in the Northern Territory and joined 1 Fighter Group, defending Darwin. The squadron relocated to Strauss on 1 February and, with the exception of a brief period between 9 and 27 March 1943 when it was deployed to reinforce the air defences of Perth, it remained there, protecting Darwin, until 30 June 1944.

On 1 July 1944, 452 Squadron moved to Sattler in the Northern Territory. The protection of Darwin had been handed over to two Royal Air Force squadrons, allowing 452 Squadron to be employed in a ground attack role for the rest of the war. Initially, the squadron operated against targets in the Dutch East Indies from Sattler but on 11 December 1944 it joined the 1st Tactical Air Force and relocated to Morotai in the Indies to support Australian operations in Borneo. The squadron’s ground staff established themselves at the newly captured airfield on Tarakan on 10 May 1945, but the state of the actual landing field meant that it was not fit for the squadron’s aircraft to arrive there until 29 June. They began operational sorties the very next day. Following the landing at Balikpapan on 1 July, a detachment of 452 Squadron aircraft moved there on 15 July to support the land campaign. The squadron’s last sorties of the war were flown on 10 August 1945. It disbanded on 17 November 1945.
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- Reference = http://www.monaropioneers.com/blomfieldtv.htm (Name, Notes)
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