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Harold Keith BUCHANAN

Regimental number2004
Place of birthBathurst New South Wales
SchoolPublic School, Uralla; The King's School, Parramatta, New South Wales
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationOrchardist
AddressBank of New South Wales, Uralla, New South Wales
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinFather, Thomas Richard Buchanan, Bank of New South Wales, Uralla, New South Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 October 1915
Rank on enlistmentActing Sergeant
Unit name1st Light Horse Regiment, 14th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number10/6/3
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT RMS Osterley on 15 January 1916
Rank from Nominal RollBombardier
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Light Horse Regiment
FateKilled in Action 23 July 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death25
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialVoormezeele Enclosure No. 3 (Plot XIII, Row G, Grave No. 14), Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
16
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Adeline BUCHANAN, The Bank of New South Wales, Uralla, New South Wales. Native of Bathurst, New South Wales

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