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Born in ____ , in Leichhardt, NSW

Father Arthur W Buchanan (d. 1925) and Mother Ellen May Buchanan (d. 1938)

Siblings in service:
6471  Corporal Bernard Arthur Wellesley Buchanan - 13th Infantry Battalion
lived at 189 Glenmore Road, Paddington, NSW
Wife: Mrs. A.E. Buchanan
15/06/1916  enlisted
07/10/1916  embarked Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A40 Ceramic
                   as a Private with 13th Battalion, 21st Reinforcement

23/06/1919  returned to Australia
07/06/1925  passed away
cremated:    Plaque in NSW Garden of Remembrance

370  Private Frank Henry Buchanan - 53rd Infantry Battalion
Wife: Mrs May Buchanan, Young Road, Waratah, Newcastle, NSW
05/12/1915  enlisted  (21 years 9 months of age) in Newcastle, NSW
01/05/1916  embarked Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A24 Benalla
                   as a Private with 35th Battalion, B Company
09/09/1916  transferred to 53rd Infantry Battalion
22/09/1916  transferred to 17th Infantry Battalion, France
06/12/1916  tonsilitis - embarked onboard hospital ship HS Wandilla at Havre, France for England
23/03/1917  transferred to 61st Infantry Battalion
06/09/1919  returned to Australia onboard HT Euripides
24/10/1919  disembarked into Sydney, NSW
23/11/1919  discharged from service
21/10/1920  due to mutiple AWOL occurences a Courts Martial filed in Attorney General's
                   Dept stated Frank forfeits his right to WWI medals

2358 Private Roy Charles Arthur Buchanan - 19th Infantry Battalion
18/07/1915  enlisted in Liverpool, NSW
05/10/1915  embarked from Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A32 Themistocles
                   as a Private with 5th Infantry Brigade, 19th Infantry Battalion, 5th reinforcements
28/07/1916  gun shot wound to buttock, Pozieres, France
He was wounded on two occasions, once at Pozieres, where he was wounded in the hip,
which necessitated a silver plate being inserted. The effect of this wound ultimately caused his death.
14/02/1917  wounded with fractured clavicle - wounded by being blown out of a truck
                   whilst going up the line.  This necessitated him being returned home. 
22/07/1917  returned to Australia onboard hospital ship A71 Nestor for Home Service
                   (has a fractured clavicle)
24/09/1917   disembarked into Melbourne, VIC
27/09/1917   re-embarked onboard HMAT Eurpides for Sydney, NSW
12/11/1917  discharged from service
1920 married:  Hilda Buchanan (nee Francis)
02/08/1921  passed away on Tuesday (32 years of age) at Woodville Red Cross Home, Randwick, NSW
                   Roy had been in Randwick Hospital for one year and nine months prior to his death.
buried in:     Sandgate General Cemetery, Sandgate (Newcastle), NSW
                   Portion: Anglican_1; Section 04; Lot 125
                   (An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque was submitted August 2016,
                    and was accepted December 2016. (227550).
His name is commemorated on the following:
- Mayfield Public School Roll of Honour
- Hamilton Superior Public School Honour Board
- Waratah-St Philip's Anglican Church Roll of Honour.

Nephew (Frank's son) in service:
WWII 130930 Leading Aircraftman Roy Charles Arthur Buchanan - 457 Squadron
born 13/12/1924 Mayfield, NSW
06/02/1943  enlisted into WWII in Waratah, NSW
29/11/1945  discharged from service

Neil  was described on enlisting as _____    .

21/11/1915  enlisted in Sydney

11/03/1916  embarked Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A67 Orsova
                   as a Private with 30th Battalion, 4th Reinforcement

16/07/1917  returned to Australia

27/04/1957  passed away

buried in:     Botany Cemetery (Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park), Matraville,
                   Randwick Park, NSW
                   Plot: A5B - Anglican FM 5B, Position 1310

Submitted by Julianne T Ryan.  17/03/2017.  Lest we forget.