John Bruce BUCHANAN MID*

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Service Number:	Commissioned Officer
Enlisted:	11 November 1914
Last Rank:	Major
Last Unit:	36th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Burwood, Burwood, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Clerk
Died:	Killed In Action, Belgium, 12 October 1917, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery and Memorial Section LIV, Row E, Grave No. 16
Memorials:	Burwood Memorial Arch, Sydney Grammar School WW1 Honour Board

11 Nov 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 3rd Infantry Battalion
22 Dec 1914:	Embarked AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 3rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
25 Apr 1915:	Involvement AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 3rd Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli
26 Aug 1915:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, London Gazette 5 Nov 1915
26 Aug 1915:	Honoured Mention in Dispatches, The August Offensive - Lone Pine, Suvla Bay, Sari Bair, The Nek and Hill 60 - Gallipoli, London Gazette 5 Nov 1915
13 May 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, Commissioned Officer, 36th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '17' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Beltana embarkation_ship_number: A72 public_note: ''
21 Jul 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Captain, Commissioned Officer, 36th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Messines, GSW right thigh. Clean 'through and through'
12 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Major, 36th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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