BUCHANAN, George Allan
| Service Number: | 5838 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 February 1916, Melbourne |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 22nd Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Smeaton, Victoria, Australia, 5 April 1883 |
| Home Town: | Launching Place, Victoria |
| Schooling: | State School |
| Occupation: | Grocer |
| Died: | Died of Wounds, Passchendaele, Belgium, 6 October 1917, aged 34 years |
| Cemetery: |
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery Plot XX, Row E, Grave 7A, Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Lijssenthoek, Flanders, Belgium |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Smeaton State School No 552 Roll of Honor, Yarra Junction Avenue of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Feb 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 5838, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Melbourne | |
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| 2 Oct 1916: | Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 5838, 22nd Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Nestor embarkation_ship_number: A71 public_note: '' | |
| 2 Oct 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 5838, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Nestor, Melbourne |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
George Allan BUCHANAN was born in Smeaton, Victoria on 5th April, 1883
His parents were John BUCHANAN & Jane STARK
He enlisted in Melbourne on 26th February, 1916 & embarked with the 22nd Infantry Battalion, 16th reinforcements on 2nd October, 1916 on the HMAT Nestor
He was wounded at Bullecourt on 3rd May, 1917 and also wounded at Passchendaele on 4th October, 1917 while acting as a despatch carrier and died from these wounds at the 10th Casualty Clearing Station on 6th October, 1917
He is buried in the Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery and his name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial
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