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Born in 1889 as Charles Roland Arthur Buchanan, in Leichhardt, NSW

Father Arthur Wellesley Buchanan
(b. 27/09/1862 Milsons Point, NSW - d. 07/11/1925 Waratah, NSW) and
Mother Ellen May Buchanan (nee Eagar)
(b. 07/05/1864 Kensington, Middlesex, England - d. 13/04/1938 Waratah, NSW)

Siblings:
Charles H Buchanan (b. 1886 - d. 1886 Leichhardt, NSW)
James Roland Arthur Buchanan  (b. 21/07/1887 Leichhardt - d. 1947 Mayfield, NSW)
Grace Louisa Ellen Buchanan (b. 1896 Leichhardt - d. 25/09/1920 Waratah, NSW)
  m.  Charles Joseph Bowtell  (b. 1892 Bowral NSW)

Siblings in service:
2296 Private Neil Arthur Wellesley Buchanan - 30th Infantry Battalion
born 1892 Leichhardt, NSW
1913  married: Gladys May Buchanan (nee English, b. 1897 Waratah)
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 onboard HT Kanowna
14/10/1917  discharged from service
27/04/1957  passed away
buried in:     Botany Cemetery (Eastern Suburbs Memorial Park), Matraville, Randwick Park, NSW
                   Plot: A5B - Anglican FM 5B, Position 1310

6471  Corporal Bernard Arthur Wellesley Buchanan - 13th Infantry Battalion
lived at 189 Glenmore Road, Paddington, NSW
born 18900, Leichhardt, NSW
Married 1913: Wife - Mrs Agnes Elizabeth Buchanan (nee Hampshire), in Sydney, NSW
lived at Young Road, Waratah, Newcastle, NSW
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 of Pulmonary Tuberculosis & Heart Failure
                   in Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick
cremated:    Plaque in NSW Garden of Remembrance

370  Private Frank Henry Lewis Arthur Buchanan - 53rd Infantry Battalion
born 1894 Leichhardt, NSW
1914 married: Wife - Mrs May Buchanan (nee Hanlon), 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
1960            passed away Hamilton, NSW

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

Roy was described on enlisting as 26 years of age; 5' 8" tall; 132 lbs;
fair complexion; grey eyes; brown hair; Church of England.

18/07/1915  enlisted in Liverpool, NSW

11/09/1915  appointed to 5th reinforcements, 19th Battalion, Liverpool Camp

05/10/1915  embarked from Sydney, NSW onboard HMAT A32 Themistocles
                   as a Private with 5th Infantry Brigade, 19th Infantry Battalion, 5th reinforcements

08/01/1916  taken on strenght into 19th Infantry Battalion (from reinforcements)
                   reported fro duty - joined Mediterranean Expeditionary Forces, Tel-el-Kebir

18/03/1916  proceeded to join British Expeditionary Forces, ex Alexandria
25/03/1916  disembarked into Marseilles, France

28/07/1916  gun shot wound to buttock, Pozieres, France
                   embarked onboard hospital ship HS St David at Boulogne, France
                   for England
31/07/1916  admitted to 3rd Canadian General Hospital
02/08/1916  admitted to Middlesex War Hospital, Napsbury, England

07/11/1916  marched in to No.3 Dommand Depot, Woolwich

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

Medals:        1914/15 Star (17693); British War medal (19646) and Victory medal (19426)

1920 married:  Hilda Buchanan (nee Francis)

Roy lived at Turton Road, Waratah, NSW

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.

The funeral took place on Wednesday, from his parents' residence, Georgetown Road, Waratah, the
interment being in the Church of England cemetery, Sandgate, in the presence of a large gathering.

Messrs. P. English, J. Francis, S. Costello and G. Francis were the pall-bearers.
His widow and parents received many wreaths, messages and cards of sympathy.

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.

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

Thank you to Mr Gary Mitchell for all his tireless years of research at Sandgate General Cemetery.

Gary Mitchell, Sandgate Cemetery

Served and suffered during The Great War, resting at Sandgate Cemetery.

99 years ago today, on the Wednesday afternoon of the 3rd August 1921, Private Roy Charles Buchanan, 19th Battalion, brick setter from Turton Road, Waratah, New South Wales, father of three, was laid to rest at Sandgate Cemetery, age 32. ANGLICAN 1-04. 125.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article141065190 - funeral notice states service.

Born at Leichhardt, New South Wales on the 4th December 1888 (as Charles Roy Arthur) to Arthur W (died 1925) and Ellen May (died 1938) Buchanan; husband of Hilda Buchanan nee Francis (married 1920, died?), Roy enlisted July 1915 at Liverpool, N.S.W.
Wounded in action - 28.7.1916 (SW buttock, mild - http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article133843290
), 14.2.1917 (fractured clavicle), Arthur was invalided home September 1917, discharged as medically unfit 12th November 1917.
http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article134871872

Mr Buchanan passed away on the 2nd August 1921 at the Woodville Red Cross Home, Randwick, N.S.W.

Roy’s name has been inscribed on the Hamilton Superior Public School Roll of Honor and the Waratah-St Philip's Anglican Church Roll of Honour (photo, unveiled on the 8th April 1917).
The Newcastle Morning Herald reported Roy’s death and funeral.
Mr. Roy Buchanan died on Tuesday at Woodville Red Cross Hospital, Randwick, of which institution he had been a patient for some considerable time.

The funeral took place on Wednesday, from his parents' residence, Georgetown Road, Waratah, the interment being in the Church of England cemetery, Sandgate, in the presence of a large gathering.
Messrs. P. English, J. Francis, S. Costello and G. Francis were the pall-bearers. The deceased, who was 32 years of age, is survived by his widow and parents, who received many wreaths, messages and cards of sympathy.

He enlisted in 1915, and was one of four brothers who served. 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.
He was wounded on the second occasion by being blown out of a truck whilst going up the line. This necessitated him being returned home. He had been an inmate of Randwick Hospital for one year and nine months prior to his death.

Service record states Died after Discharge.

An application for a Commonwealth War Graves Plaque submitted August 2016, and was accepted December 2016.
A Plaque placed at the New South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood Cemetery, Sydney, January 2017.

Commonwealth War Graves Plaque placed at Roy’s gravesite August 2019.
http://sandgate.northerncemeteries.com.au/index.php/war-heroes/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&aso=exact&s_f=id&data_search=20705#2

Younger brothers Neil Arthur Wellesley (Reg No-2296, 30th Battalion, born 1892, died 1957) and Bernard Arthur Wellesley (Reg No-6471, 13th Battalion, born 1890, died 1925) also served 1st A.I.F.

Younger brother Frank Henry Lewis Arthur (Reg No-370, 53th Battalion, born 1894, died 1960) also resting at the cemetery (name not inscribed on headstone, wooden cross erected - 9.4.2016 - CATHOLIC 2-53. 96.).
Lest We Forget.