Donald Spencer BUCHANAN

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BUCHANAN, Donald Spencer

Service Number:	1911
Enlisted:	8 February 1915
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	15th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Bexhill, New South Wales, Australia, 15 September 1894
Home Town:	Lismore, Lismore Municipality, New South Wales
Schooling:	Bexhill Public School, New South Wales, Australia
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Killed in action, Gallipoli, Turkey, 27 August 1915, aged 20 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lismore & District Memorial Honour Roll, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Nimbin District War Memorial

World War 1 Service

8 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1911, 15th Infantry Battalion
16 Apr 1915:	Involvement Private, 1911, 15th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '11' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Kyarra embarkation_ship_number: A55 public_note: ''
16 Apr 1915:	Embarked Private, 1911, 15th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Kyarra, Brisbane

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Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Donald Buchanan enlisted the same day as his brother Leonard Alexander Buchanan, both posted to the 15th Battalion AIF. They were the sons of Samuel Alexander and Emily Mosley Buchanan, of Alphadale, Lismore, New South Wales.

Donald landed on Gallipoli on 16 June 1915. In his Red Cross wounded and missing file, it is stated that he went out with about 50 men in a demonstration or charge against Hill 60 on or about the 25 August 1915. Many of the fifty never returned, and fell not far from the Australian trenches, but their bodies could not easily be brought in. Nothing more was heard from Donald Buchanan and his remains were never found.

His brother Leonard died of wounds almost a year later to the day, in France on 29 August 1916.

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