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Leopold Lewis James BUCHANAN

Regimental number7223
Place of birthSydney New South Wales
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressPingelly, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinMother, Mrs B Buchanan, North Sydney, New South Wales
Enlistment date14 November 1916
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll13 October 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 24th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/5
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT Miltiades on 29 January 1917
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll1st Machine Gun Battalion
Other details from Roll of Honour CircularEnlisted 14 November 1916 - 11th Bn, 24th Reinforcements. Taken on strength, 21 Machine Gun Company, 23 January 1918.
FateKilled in Action 17 April 1918
Place of death or woundingBelgium
Age at death41
Place of burialOuttersteene Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row G, Grave No. 14), Bailleul, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
177
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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