George Alexander BUCHANAN

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BUCHANAN, George Alexander

Service Numbers:	336, 4487
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:

10 Feb 1915:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 336, 22nd Infantry Battalion
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

Biography 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.

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