Joseph was of English/Lithuanian descent and worked at Montreal Drydock Company as a foundry worker.
He enlisted in the Royal Canadian Artillery, 27th Field Artillery as a gunner and fought in the Mediterranean Theatre.
He married Olive Clark of Edinburgh, Scotland on 27/Sep/1941, they had one son, Joseph Chapatis, Jr., who was born only months before his fathers death. Joseph left a handwritten will leaving everything to his wife and son.
Joseph died of his wounds on 27/Dec/1943 and is interred in Moro River Canadian Military Cemetery in Abruzzo, Italy.
He was awarded posthumously:
1939-1945 Star
Italy Star
Defence Medal
War Medal
CVSM & clasp
(c)2016 Linda Sullivan-Simpson
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