Copeland, Arthur Harold Madill (Lieutenant)

Prisoner of War 1916-October-10

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Birth Date: 1889-August-27

Born: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Parents: Charles Moore Copeland & Anna Maria Huff

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

Home: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Enlistment: enlisted CASC, CEF

Enlistment Date: 1915-March-08

Decorations: MiD

Mentioned in Dispatches

Service

RAF

Unit

25 (FB) Sqn- Squadron (RFC)

Base

France

Rank

Lieutenant

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.