BUCHANAN, George Alexander
| Service Numbers: | 336, 4487 |
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| Enlisted: | 10 February 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Sapper |
| Last Unit: | 8th Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Ballarat East, Victoria, Australia, 1893 |
| Home Town: | Ballarat, Central Highlands, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Mt Pleasant State School, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation: | Blacksmith |
| Died: | Killed in action, Belgium, 27 October 1917 |
| Cemetery: |
Menin Road South Military Cemetery Plot III, Row K, Grave No. 8 |
| Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
| 10 Feb 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 336, 22nd Infantry Battalion | |
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| 10 May 1915: | Involvement Private, 336, 22nd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '14' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Ulysses embarkation_ship_number: A38 public_note: '' | |
| 10 May 1915: | Embarked Private, 336, 22nd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ulysses, Melbourne | |
| 7 Aug 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sapper, 4487, 8th Field Company Engineers |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
George was the son of Alexander and Isabella Buchanan of Ballarat, both whom had passed away by 1915.
George Alexander Buchanan enlisted in Ballarat as a Sapper in the 8th Field Company Australian Engineers on 10 February 1915. Born in Ballarat and educated at Mt Pleasant State School, he was a 22-year-old, unmarried blacksmith when he left from Melbourne. He was in and out of hospital for much of his service, with various ailments including jaundice, pneumonia, influenza and dysentery.
George was killed when asleep when a shell hit a dugout, killing and wounding about 23 men of the 8th Field Company Engineers.
His younger brother 1789 Private William John Buchanan 39th Battalion AIF returned to Australia in 1919.