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James COPLAND [1898-1943]

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Submitted by Admin on Mon, 2012-03-19 17:53
Names
Given: 
James
Family: 
Copland
Sex: 
Male
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
1898-11-07
Death
Date: 
1943-10-08
Tags: 
WW2: Interned at Stanley Camp
buried at Stanley Military Cemetery
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Submitted by Philip on Tue, 2015-12-08 12:56.

He was a Marine Engineer with Jardine Matheson. He died aged sixty-two from tropical macrocytic anaemia. His next of kin was his niece, Miss Eva Copland in Tocoma, Washington, USA and a cousin Christina Wishart in Aberdeen, Scotland.  He was a Scottish Presbyterian. His identified friend in Stanley Camp was Professor Walter Brown, a Maths Professor who was billeted in Block 8 Room 2.