BUCHANAN, Bruce
| Service Number: | PM2485 |
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| Enlisted: | 18 September 1939 |
| Last Rank: | Seaman |
| Last Unit: | HMAS Goorangai |
| Born: | Daylesford, Victoria, Australia, 23 June 1914 |
| Home Town: | Middle Park, Port Phillip, Victoria |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Not yet discovered |
| Died: | Presumed drowned - Lost at sea , Port Phillip Bay, Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1940, aged 26 years |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Plymouth Naval Memorial to the Missing / Lost at Sea, Queenscliff HMAS Goorangai Memorial |
World War 2 Service
| 3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Royal Australian Navy, Steward, PM2485, HMAS Goorangai | |
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| 18 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM2485 | |
| 20 Nov 1940: | Discharged Royal Australian Navy, Seaman, PM2485, HMAS Goorangai |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Faithe Jones
Son of George William and Ruby Buchanan; husband of Marie Lilian Buchanan, of Middle Park, Victoria, Australia.
BALLARAT VICTIM
Bruce Buchanan, one of the crew of the mine sweeper sunk near the Heads last week, was an old Ballarat boy, and lived in Haddon-street. A sister is on the nursing staff of the Ballarat Hospital.
BUCHANAN.— On November 20, O.S. Bruce, R.A.N., H.M.A.S. Goorangai, dearly beloved husband of Marie, 85 Wright-street, Middle Park.
A memory fond and true
Of happy days we spent together.
BUCHANAN.— On November 20, O.B. Bruce, R.A.N., H.M.A.S. Goorangai, dearly loved son of George W. and R. Buchanan, 132 Page-street, Middle Park, and dearly loved brother of George, Elsie (Mrs. H. Riegelhuth), Muriel, Ken, Mabel (Mrs. J. Freeman), Constance (Mrs. A. Gray) and Gordon, aged 25 years. Beautiful memories.
BUCHANAN. — On November 20, result of accident to H.M.A.S. Goorangai, Bruce, loving brother-ln-law of Audrey, Tim, and Uncle of Marie
and Helene.
—Inserted by Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Waddick.
BUCHANAN. — A tribute to tho memory of my late shipmate, Bruce Buchanan, and crew of H.M.A.S. Goorangai, With God, which is far better.
—Inserted by Alan Ferguson, H.M.A.S. Westralia.
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