Ernest William Chapman, OAM was an Australian rower and a lifelong clubman at the Sydney Rowing Club. He competed and won a bronze medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Chapman (back row far left) in the 1952 Olympic Rowing Squad
Sydney Rowing Club is the oldest rowing club in New South Wales, Australia formed in 1870. It has occupied its current site on Port Jackson's Parramatta River at Abbotsford Point since 1874. The club
Bennelong Point & the 1st Sydney Rowing Club shed 1880
Bobby Pearce at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics
Keith Heritage, the first AIF volunteer for WWI