 Duncan Chapman

Major Duncan Chapman (5 May 1888 - 6 August 1916) was an Australian Army officer with the 45th Battalion of Australian Imperial Force during World War I. Chapman was the first man to step ashore at the Gallipoli landing on 25 April 1915.A statue of Chapman was unveiled in his home town of Maryborough, Queensland to commemorate the centenary of the Gallipoli landing.