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BUCHANAN, Alexander

Service Number:	13465
Enlisted:	2 October 1916
Last Rank:	Driver
Last Unit:	1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies
Born:	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia , 9 September 1882
Home Town:	Adelaide, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Electrician
Died:	Illness, France, 5 March 1919, aged 36 years
Cemetery:	Maubeuge (Sous-le-Bois) Cemetery A 11
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, The South Australian National War Memorial, Unley Goodwood Presbyterian Church WW1 Roll of Honor

World War 1 Service

2 Oct 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Driver, 13465, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies
22 Dec 1916:	Involvement Driver, 13465, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '22' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Persic embarkation_ship_number: A34 public_note: ''
22 Dec 1916:	Embarked Driver, 13465, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, HMAT Persic, Melbourne
5 Mar 1919:	Involvement Driver, 13465, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 13465 awm_unit: 5th Australian Divisional Mechanical Transport Company awm_rank: Driver awm_died_date: 1919-03-05

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Biography contributed by Heather Ernszt

Son of John BUCHANAN and Lexy MCLEAN