MEDICAL SERVICES
Army Appointment
Captain R. Copeland, . formerly of Palmerston North, has been appointed Staff Office and (Quartermaster to the New,.Zealand Army Medical Services, Army Headquarters, Wellington,, in succession to the late Major G. A. Gibbs. Captain Copeland served with the New Zealand Medical Corps in the last war. lie went.with the New Zealand Force to Samoa in 1914, but returned to New Zealand and went overseas with the 3rd Field Ambulance in 1915. He served throughout the remainder of the war in Francs, gained his commission on the field and was mentioned in dispatches. He went to Cologne with the New Zealand Section of the Army of Occupation and left there when the last New Zealand troops were withdrawn. . On his return to New Zealand he was posted as Records Officer to the Military Orthopaedic Hospital,) Timaru, and remained there till it was closed down. He was then transferred to, the Reserve of Officers, but has been brought back to the active list for his present appointment. •
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Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 9, 28 June 1940, Page 7
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168MEDICAL SERVICES Camp News (Northern Command), Volume 1, Issue 9, 28 June 1940, Page 7
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