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COPLAND, Robert Davie
(Service number 24/1254)

Esk Valley War Memorial - World War One plaque — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.05)

Timaru Boys High School Memorial Library plaque (1914-1918), pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #01)

Name plaque (A-H)), St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #02)

Aliases
First Rank	rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	24 March 1895	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	O W Chapman, Cave, Timaru
Occupation	Farm Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	single
Next of Kin	A Copland (father) Roslyn, Timaru
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	2nd Battalion, NZ Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship
Date	9 October 1915
Transport	HMNZT 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, Maunganui, Tahiti, Aparima, Navua, Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	NZ Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 3rd

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	19 September 1916	Age	21
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	KIA
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Quarry cemetery, Montauban Somme, France
Memorial Reference	I. A. 6
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Esk Valley War Memorial; St Andrews War memorial; Timaru Boys High School War Memorial (Library)

Biographical Notes

son of Alexander and Annie Morton Copland, Rosslyn, King Street, Timaru. other brothers who served and survived, Arthur Thomson Copland b1889 (24/722), William Leslie Copland b1886 (24/720), Andrew Turnbull Copland b 1891 (28439

Sources

War record open in Archives

External Links

Researched and Written by

Liz Shea, SC branch NZSG

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