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The Council regrets to record the loss by death of Mr. M. O. 

 Copland, B.M.E., of the Ballarat School of Mines, and Captaia 

 Kenneth Aubrey Mickle, D.S.O. 



Maurice Osric Copland, who died August ist, 1920, was a 

 Country Member of this Society, having been elected in 191 7. 

 At the time of his decease he was Principal of the Ballarat 

 School of Mines. He was a native of Victoria, educated at 

 Wesley College, and graduated B.M.E. at Melbourne Univer- 

 sity. He had a varied experience in Victoria, South Africa,. 

 Queensland, and Western Australia. In South Africa he was 

 Petrologist under Dr. Hatch, and was also engaged in work 

 connected with gold, coal, and diamond mining in that coun- 

 try. His breakdown in health was attributed to his whole- 

 hearted zeal in working out repatriation and vocational training 

 schemes after the war, whilst at Ballarat. Mr. Copland left 

 behind a remarkably good record of unselfish work in his par- 

 ticular sphere, and much of the success of the research on the 

 white earthenWiare industry is due to him, the Bureau of Science 

 and Industry at his suggestion providing a scholarship for the 

 investigation of this subject. 



In 1905, Mr. Copland published a bulletin on the Monazite 

 Deposit of the Borang District, E. Gippsland, for the Geolo- 

 gical Survey of Victoria. 



Kenneth Aubrey Mickle (Capt.), D.S.O. , died on 30th July, 

 1919, at 30 Marine Parade, St. Kilda, after a long illness from 

 the efifects of gas received in action in France. Capt. Mickle 

 was the son of Clara and the late David Mickle, and was ^3 

 years of age. He was educated at Queen's College, and, after 

 qualifying as a metallurgist, conducted research work at Mel- 

 bourne University for three years. There he won the Grim- 

 wade prize and other distinctions. On the outbreak of war 

 he was chief chemist at the Burma Mines Ltd., Upper Burma. 

 He enlisted in England in the Royal Garrison Artillery, and 

 received a commission, being promoted to captain for bravery 

 in the field. He had command of the 9th Division Trench 

 Mortar Brigade, and was decorated with the Distinguished 

 Service Order. He saw much fighting on the Somme and at 

 Arras. He was an Associate of our Society. His death cut 

 short ciil exceptionally promising career, and he leaves many 

 friends to mourn their loss. 



