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BUCHANAN, Frank Cuthbert
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1769 |
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| Enlisted: | 17 August 1914, Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA |
| Last Rank: | Corporal |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Artillery Brigade |
| Born: | Mendelsham, Suffolk, England, 1893 |
| Home Town: | North Perth, Vincent, Western Australia |
| Schooling: | Framlingham College, Suffolk, England |
| Occupation: | Motor Mechanic |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Dardenelles, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 July 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula Plot 11, Row K, Grave 28 Rev. A. Talbot officiated Headstone inscription reads: Be thou faithful unto death & I will give Thee a Crown of Life, Shell Green Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 17 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Corporal, 1769, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , Enlisted at Blackboy Hill, WA | |
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| 3 Oct 1914: | Involvement Corporal, 1769, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '3' embarkation_place: Fremantle embarkation_ship: HMAT Medic embarkation_ship_number: A7 public_note: '' | |
| 3 Oct 1914: | Embarked Corporal, 1769, 3rd Field Artillery Brigade , HMAT Medic, Fremantle | |
| 6 Jul 1915: | Involvement Corporal, 1769, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 1769 awm_unit: 3rd Australian Field Artillery Brigade awm_rank: Corporal awm_died_date: 1915-07-06 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of Francis T. and Ada Harriett Buchanan of 27 Leake Street, North Perth, WA
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Previously served in the Officer Training Corps, Framlingham, England. At the age of 18 he served as a volunteer in the 37th Battery, WA Field Artillery, with the rank of Sergeant for about 2 years prior to enlisting.