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Copeland, Arthur Harold Madill Mentioned in Dispatches (Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1916-October-10

Male Head

Birth Date: unkown date (age 95)

Born: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Charles Moore Copeland & Anna Maria Huff

Hilda R. Lailey, married post WWI, date not found

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment: enlisted CASC, CEF

Enlistment Date: 1915-03-08

Decorations: Mentioned in Dispatches

Service
RAF
Unit
25 (FB) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)
Base
France
Rank
Lieutenant
Marshal
Air Chief MarshalA/C/M
Air MarshalA/M
Air Vice MarshalA/V/M
Air CommodoreA/C
Group CaptainG/C
Wing CommanderW/C
Squadron LeaderS/L
Flight LieutenantF/L
Flying OfficerF/O
Pilot OfficerP/O
Warrant Officer 1st ClassWO1
Warrant Officer 2nd ClassWO2
Flight SergeantFS
SergeantSGT
CorporalCPL
Senior AircraftmanSAC
Leading AircraftmanLAC
Aircraftman 1st ClassAC1
Aircraftman 2nd ClassAC2
Position
air-gunner
Service Numbers
1916-08-26: attached to 25Sqn 1916-10-10: Copeland wounded and made POW when FE2b, 4292; was shot down by an enemy aircraft and landed in enemy lines during bombing Oppy. His pilot 2Lt Moreton Hayne died of his wounds-injuries as a POW. Copeland was repatriated 1918-12-14.

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