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BUCHANAN, Alexander
Personal Details
Service Number: | 13353 |
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Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
Last Rank: | Warrant Officer Class 1 |
Last Unit: | 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies |
Born: | Clare, South Australia, 20 July 1881 |
Home Town: | Millswood, City of Unley, South Australia |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Engineer |
Died: | Renmark, SA, 27 December 1942, aged 61 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
West Terrace Cemetery (General) Adelaide, South Australia Road 1 North Path 6 W11 |
Memorials: | Hackney St Peter's College Honour Board, Hawthorn St Columba's WW1 Roll of Honour, Unley Town Hall WW1 Honour Board |
Service History
World War 1 Service
22 Dec 1916: | Involvement Warrant Officer Class 1, 13353, 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: '' | |
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22 Dec 1916: | Embarked Warrant Officer Class 1, 13353, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Auxiliary Transport Companies, HMAT Persic, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
Death Notice
The Advertiser Monday 28 December 1942 page 6
BUCHANAN.—On December 27, at hospital, Renmark, Alexander, beloved husband of the late Myra Buchanan, of Renmark, and eldest son of the late Mr. Justice Buchanan, of Adelaide.
Submitted 27 January 2016 by Faithe Jones
Biography
Son of Alexander BUCHANAN and Jane Matilda nee COPLAND