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Private Lawrence Buchanan

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Date of birth: 1897-02-11
Place of birth: Elphinstone Manitoba Canada
Next of kin: Parents: Isabel and John Buchanan, c/o General Delivery, Elphinstone, Manitoba
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): farm labourer
Occupation (normalized): Farm-Helper, General
Address: General Delivery, Elphinstone, Manitoba
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death: 1917-12-25
Cause of death: Killed in action
Buried: La Chaudiere Military Cemetery, III. A. I.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 1000115
Highest Rank: Private (78th Battalion)
Rank detail
  1. Private, 78th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1917-05-31 to 1917-12-25
  2. Private (Army). 1917-04-07 to 1917-05-31
  3. Private (Army). 1915-12-08 to 1917-04-07
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: The Red Line, Avion Sector, France

RESEARCH INFORMATION

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CWGC ID: 80462
LAC ID: 73279
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B1231-S016
Uploader's Notes: Son of John James and Isabella Buchanan, of Elphinstone, Manitoba. Brother of Archie Buchanan 3318819, Norman Buchanan, 2024313 and Thomas Buchanan, 2318182. Killed in action of Christmas Day 1917 with JR Sloan, 422616
Uploader's Research notes: Source: LAC file [Private Army Canadian Infantry 14th Reserve Battalion

Remained on strength of the 226th Battalion after arrival in England. Posted to the 14th Reserve Battalion at Bramshott.

Private Army Canadian Infantry 226th Battalion C Company Enlisted at Neepawa, Manitoba. Trained at Camp Hughes in the summer of 1916. Embarked at Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the SS Olympic on December 15, 1916 and landed at Liverpool on December 26, 1916. Posted to Dibgate, Shorncliffe, but remained on strength of the 226th Battalion. Private Army Canadian Infantry 78th Battalion Reported to the 78th Battalion in the field on June 26, 1917. On Christmas Day 1917, the battalion was in brigade support trenches (12th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division) on the Red Line, Avion Sector, astride the Lens-Arras Road. During the morning, he was one of two men killed by an enemy artillery shell, (the other being JR Sloan, 422616). ]

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2013-07-20