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Thomas Copland

Name on Board T Copland
Name on Service
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Thomas  Copland
Enlistment Age 30
Occupation Engineer
Place of Birth Lanarkshire, Scotland
Next of Kin Daisy Copland
Address 67 Alma Terrace, Newport, Vic
Marital Status M
Enlistment Date 31/01/1916
Service No. 40
Enlistment Place Melbourne, Vic
Embarkation Place Melbourne
Embarkation Date 27/05/1916
Embarkation Ship HMAT Ascanius A11
Unit on Embarkation 10 Machine Gun Company
Date of Death 8/06/1918
Unit on Death 3rd Australian Machine Gun Battalion
Rank on Death Corporal
Cause of Death KIA
Place of Wounding/
Death
France
Cemetery or Memorial La Motte-Brebiere Communal Cemetery, La Motte-Brebiere, Amiens, Picardie, France
Additional Information Parents: Alexander and Margaret, Scotland. Thomas Copland is in Australian War Memorial Photo E01626, a group portrait of the officers and NCOs of the 23rd Machine Gun Company at Locre, Belgium.
Additional References Australian War Memorial Photo E01626
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