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COPLAND, William Leslie
(Service number 24/720)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date	15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	St Andrews
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Alexander Copland (father), Esk Valley, St Andrews
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

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

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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		Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (October 2014)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG

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