Sergeant Alexander Buchan
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1891-09-19
Place of birth: Mosside Monellie Aberdeenshire Scotland
Next of kin: Mrs I Buchan, Mother Mosside, Monellie Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Labourer
Occupation (normalized): Labourer
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1917-04-13
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Thelus Military Cemetery, IV. F. 5.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 153138
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(43rd Battalion)
Rank detail
Sergeant, 43rd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in Action near Vimy Ridge
Commemoration location: Drumblade and Ythanwells War Memorials
Awards
Military Medal
Comment: Military Medal gazetted in London Gazette Issue 30001, 26 March 1917
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 296723
LAC ID:
73018
Service file: B1226-S010
Uploader's Notes: Son of Mrs. Isabella Buchan, of Mosside, Monellie, Brideswell, Huntly. Born at Ythanwells, Huntly, Scotland.
Uploader's Research notes:
When attested he stated he was a member of an Active Militia, the 79th Cameron Highlanders of Canada. The War Book of Turriff & 12 Miles round: Farm Worker. Killed one mile west of Vimy rRdge.
[Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 43rd Battalion Military Medal Military Medal gazetted in London Gazette Issue 30001, 26 March 1917 ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2008-07-07