Norman Morris Chapman (1899 - 1934)

Born 1899 in Albury, New South Wales, Australia

Ancestors

Died 3 Oct 1934 at about age 35 in Winton, Queensland, Australia

Biography

Norman Morris Chapman was a pioneer Australian aviator.

Norman Morris Chapman was born at Albury, NSW, in 1899.^[1] He was the son of James Robison Chapman M.L.C., manager of the Bank of New South Wales in Hobart, and Ada Valentine.

In 1926 his brother Geoffrey died when the plane that the brothers were flying crashed near Essendon, Victoria.^[2]

Norman married Ella McCormack at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Manly, New South Wales, on the 14th of April, 1928.^[3][4] They had two sons: Geoffrey and James.^[5]

He died on the 3rd of October, 1934 when the Qantas mail aircraft Atlanta that he was piloting crashed about 16 miles from Winton, Queensland.^[6] Two passengers on board also died.^[7]

Research Notes

Ella was the daughter of Country Roads Board engineer Major William Thomas Bartholomew McCormack.

Sources

1. ↑ New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages - birth: 788/1899 CHAPMAN, NORMAN M, father: JAMES R, mother: ADA, district: ALBURY
2. ↑ PILOT CHAPMAN (1934, October 5). Maryborough Chronicle, Wide Bay and Burnett Advertiser (Qld. : 1860 - 1947), p. 5. Retrieved April 11, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article151989618
3. ↑ New South Wales Births, Deaths & Marriages - marriage: 8396/1928 CHAPMAN, NORMAN M & MCCORMACK, ELLA E, district: MANLY
4. ↑ Family Notices (1928, May 19). The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957), p. 13. Retrieved April 11, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3942935
   CHAPMAN—McCORMACK.—On the 10th April, at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, Manly, Sydney, by the Rev. Father McDonald, Norman Morris, fifth son of Mrs. Chapman and the late James Chapman, M.L.C. of Hobart, to Ella Ewen, only daughter of Major and Mrs. W. T. B. McCormack, Moroka, North road, El-wood. (Present address, Cranbrook Hall, Rose Bay, Sydney.)
5. ↑ ATLANTA PLANE TRAGEDY. (1934, October 5). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205887033
6. ↑ Queensland death registration: 1934/C/4378 Norman Morris Chapman, Death date: 03/10/1934, Mother's name: Ada Valentine, Father/parent's name: James Robison
7. ↑ A POPULAR PILOT. (1934, October 5). The Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 - 1954), p. 11. Retrieved April 11, 2021, from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205887034