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BUCHANAN, Charles Stanley

Service Number:	NX49374
Enlisted:	18 October 1941
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Harris Park, New South Wales, Australia, 1 September 1922
Home Town:	Clyde, Parramatta, New South Wales
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Butcher
Died:	Presumed, Malaya, 15 February 1942, aged 19 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Column 122. Singapore Memorial, Kranji, North West, Singapore.
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Singapore Memorial

World War 2 Service

3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Private, NX49374
18 Oct 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX49374, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion
15 Feb 1942:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, NX49374, 2nd/19th Infantry Battalion, Presumed killed in action in Malaya on 15 February 1942, aged 17.

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