Duncan Chapman

A statue of Chapman was unveiled in his home town of Maryborough, Queensland to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli landing.

At the outbreak of World War I Chapman was residing in Brisbane and working as paymaster.

He was assigned to the 9th Battalion and embarked from Brisbane in September 1914 aboard troop transport ship SS Omrah.

Chapman was the first man to step ashore at Gallipoli on 25 April 1915.

[1][2][3] On 24 April 2015, as part of the commemoration of centenary of the Gallipoli landing during World War I, a life-sized, bronze statue of Lieutenant Duncan Chapman was unveiled at a dawn service at Queen's Park, Maryborough, Queensland.