School | Sydney Grammar School, New South Wales |
Religion | Presbyterian |
Occupation | Clerk |
Address | 'Dimora', Burwood Road, Burwood, New South Wales |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 22 |
Next of kin | Father, Robert Buchanan, 'Dimora', Burwood Road, Burwood, New South Wales |
Previous military service | Served in the Cadets, and in the 39th Battalion, Citizen Military Forces, Burwood, NSW |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on enlistment | Lieutenant |
Unit name | 36th Battalion, D Company |
AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/53/1 |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on |
Rank from Nominal Roll | Major |
Unit from Nominal Roll | 36th Battalion |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches Awarded, and gazetted, 'London Gazette', second Supplement, No. 30448 (28 December 1917); 'Commonwealth Gazette' No. 57 (18 April 1918). |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of death or wounding | Passchendaele, Ypres, Belgium |
Age at death | 23 |
Family/military connections | Cousin: 1658 Pte Alexander BUCHANAN, 26th Bn, killed in action, Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916. |
Other details | Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |