Alexander BUCHANAN

BUCHANAN, Alexander

Service Number: 1658
Last Rank: Sergeant
Last Unit: 26th Infantry Battalion
Home Town: Byron Bay, Byron Shire, New South Wales
Died: Killed in Action, France, 5 August 1916, age not yet discovered
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Villers-Bretonneux Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux, Picardie, France
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Byron Bay Memorial Gates, Nambucca Heads War Memorial, Valla Public School Honor Roll, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France)

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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1915: Involvement Private, 1658, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Brisbane embarkation_ship: HMAT Shropshire embarkation_ship_number: A9 public_note: ''
17 Aug 1915: Embarked Private, 1658, 26th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Shropshire, Brisbane
5 Aug 1916: Involvement Sergeant, 1658, 26th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1658 awm_unit: 26th Australian Infantry Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-08-05

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