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John Bruce * BUCHANAN

SchoolSydney Grammar School, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Address'Dimora', Burwood Road, Burwood, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Next of kinFather, Robert Buchanan, 'Dimora', Burwood Road, Burwood, New South Wales
Previous military serviceServed in the Cadets, and in the 39th Battalion, Citizen Military Forces, Burwood, NSW
Enlistment date1 September 1914
Rank on enlistmentLieutenant
Unit name36th Battalion, D Company
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/53/1
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A72 Beltana on 13 May 1916
Rank from Nominal RollMajor
Unit from Nominal Roll36th 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).

FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of death or woundingPasschendaele, Ypres, Belgium
Age at death23
Family/military connectionsCousin: 1658 Pte Alexander BUCHANAN, 26th Bn, killed in action, Pozieres, France, 5 August 1916.
Other detailsMedals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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