Lieutenant Leo Buchanan
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1885-09-06
Place of birth: Truro Nova Scotia Canada
Next of kin: G.O.Buchanan, father, of Haney, British Columbia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Barrister at Law
Occupation (normalized): Lawyer
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1916-04-19
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Woods Cemetery, IV. B. I.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Lieutenant
Rank detail
- Lieutenant (Army).
- Lieutenant, 47th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1915-03-24 ?
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in trenches at St Eloi
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 460633
LAC ID:
73280
Service file: B1231-S018
Uploader's Notes:
Son of George Owen Buchanan, and Mary Nelson Buchanan, of 338, Eighth St., New Westminster, British Columbia. B.A. and LL.B. Toronto University. Barrister of Province of B.C. Native of Truro, Nova Scotia.
When he joined up he had served in the 6th Regiment, Duke of Connaught's Own Rifles for 3 months.
When he was killed it would appear that he was attached to the 13th Battalion.
Killed in Action - he was acting machine gun officer in the front line trenches, which were being subject to an intense fire from the enemy, both from trench mortars and Stoke's gun shells. Between 6.30 and 7 P.M. on April 19th 1916, one of these latter shells burst on the parados, in the "bay" where he was standing, killing him instantly.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers, 13th Battalion war diaries and this man is on the CWGC site.
CEF Burial Register [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion 2nd Reinforcing Draft Lieutenant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 3rd Machine Gun Company ]
CEF Burial Register [Lieutenant Army Canadian Infantry 47th Battalion 2nd Reinforcing Draft Lieutenant Army Canadian Machine Gun Corps 3rd Machine Gun Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2011-02-24