COPLAND, Andrew Turnbull
(Service number 28439)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 19/09/1891 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Gladstone House, Marton | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Next of Kin | A. COPLAND (father), Roslyn, King Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 9th Reinforcements, 4th Battalion, H Company | ||
| Date | 11 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 24 October 1964 | Age | 73 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Andrew Turnbull Copland was the eleventh born of the 16 children of Alexander and Annie Morton (née Loudon) Copland. In 1991 he married Georgina May Fraser. Three brothers of Alexander also served in World War One - Robert Davie Copland who was killed in action in 1916 at the Somme, Arthur Thomson Copland and William Leslie Copland.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 March 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 April 2017]
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