Winn, Roy Coupland
Person: id 4367
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USyd
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World War I
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Winn
Given name(s)
Roy Coupland
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R.C.
Gender
Male
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Tertiary education
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Survived WWI
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Winn R.C. : Military and health.Enlisted 1 Jun 1915Winn R.C. : Relationships.Married 23 Jan 1918 - @ Middlesex [ Greater London England ]Winn R.C. : Life.Visited 1920 - @ Wingate, England --,
United KingdomWinn R.C. : Relationships.Married 10 Jan 1945 - @ St Mark's Church : Darling Point [ NSW Australia ]
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M.C., M.B., Ch.M. : Major, A.A.M.C., A.I.F., Egypt, Gallipoli and France. Enlisting in June, 1915, and sailing in July, served till September at No. 1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, and as R.M.O. 14th Battn. in Gallipoli, Egypt and France till December, 1916. Then was Bearer Captain, 4th Australian Field Ambulance, till wounded severely 9th June, 1917, and evacuated to hospital in England, returning privately via Canada to Australia in June, 1918. Promoted major, 24th August, 1917. Awarded M.C.* and Mentioned in Despatches. Early education at Sydney Grammar School. * He constantly patrolled the bearer line under very heavy shell fire, maintaining communication between aid posts and dressing stations, and on one occasion he took a squad across the open through an intense barrage to an aid post to relieve a temporary glut of wounded. He was twice wounded, the second time severely, and his gallant conduct was the means of saving many lives.
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Publications
'Psychoanalysis and General Practice', MJA, Feb 29, 1936, pp. 293-299.
ADB Entry ID
9153
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Australian War Memorial
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