BUCHANAN, Arthur Lewis
| Service Numbers: | QX11457, QX11457 |
|---|---|
| Enlisted: | 5 August 1940 |
| Last Rank: | Lance Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Born: | Mossman, Queensland, Australia, 19 December 1913 |
| Home Town: | Townsville, Townsville, Queensland |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Clerk |
| Died: | Southport, Queensland, Australia, 11 September 1991, aged 77 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: |
Southport St Peter's Church of England Columbarium |
| Memorials: | City of Townsville WW2 HR |
World War 2 Service
| 5 Aug 1940: | Involvement QX11457 | |
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| 5 Aug 1940: | Enlisted | |
| 5 Aug 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, QX11457, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 27 Dec 1940: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX11457, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, to Middle East | |
| 25 Jul 1942: | Wounded Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX11457, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, GSW | |
| 27 Feb 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX11457, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Middle East for Sydney | |
| 11 Aug 1943: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX11457, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Cairns to Milne Bay per HT Allen | |
| 17 Feb 1944: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, QX11457, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Finschafen to Brisbane | |
| 29 Sep 1944: | Promoted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion | |
| 6 Jun 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX11457, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Townsville to Morotai per General McRae | |
| 31 Jul 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX11457, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Morotai for Borneo | |
| 16 Oct 1945: | Embarked Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, QX11457, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion, ex Labuan to Brisbane per River Clarence | |
| 24 Oct 1945: | Discharged | |
| 24 Oct 1945: | Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lance Sergeant, QX11457, 2nd/2nd Machine Gun Battalion |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Chris Buckley
Arthur was the third of four children of Ernest Arthur Buchanan (b1881 in Port Douglas, QLD) and Mary Lewis (b1883 in Ravenswood, QLD). Ernest (a Storeman in Mossman QLD) and Mary married in 1909 in Mossman and lived there until the early 1920s when they moved to Townsville where Ernest worked as a Clerk. Ernest and Mary moved to Brisbane in the late 1930s.
In March 1940 Arthur was working as a Clerk in Townsville, QLD when he married Eleanor (Nellie) Alice Armstrong (b1913 in Townsville, QLD) - Nellie was working as a Clerk. Arthur enlisted in the Australian Army in August 1940 and was a Lance Sergeant (Service No:QX11457) attached to 2/2 Machine Gun Battalion when he was Discharged in October 1945.
Arthur and Nellie moved to Bowen, QLD where Arthur was a Carrier and Forwarding Agent before purchasing a garage in Wacol, Brisbane in 1954. In 1958 Arthur and Nellie moved to Wilston in Brisbane, where Arthur worked as a Salesman before relocating to Palm Beach on the Gold Coast in 1959. Arthur worked as a Property Dealer and Company Director on the Gold Coast, where he died in 1991 and Nellie in 1997.
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