Private John Buchan
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Date of birth: 1887-08-22
Place of birth: Turriff Aberdeenshire Scotland
Next of kin: Mary Buchan, mother, Mains of Chivas, Aberdenshire, Scotland
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Locomotive Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Mechanical Engineer (Motors and Engines, except Marine)
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1915-11-28
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery, K. 63.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 79362
Highest Rank:
Private
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
Private, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Commemoration location: Methlick Church & Tarves War Memorial, Aberdeenshire
RESEARCH INFORMATION
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CWGC ID: 154825
LAC ID:
73051
Service file: B1227-S002
Uploader's Notes: Son of James and Mary Buchan, of Woodside Cottage, Haddo House, Methlick, Aberdeen.
CEF Burial Registers - Killed in Action. During the operations in the vicinity of Wytschaete, and while in a support trench, he was instantly killed by an enemy aerial torpedo.
CEF Burial Registers - Killed in Action. During the operations in the vicinity of Wytschaete, and while in a support trench, he was instantly killed by an enemy aerial torpedo.
Uploader's Research notes: Tarves MI 192. 1901 Census Tarves: 243.6.8.32 Age 14 Born turriff: Occ: Labourer (Forester) Whindon: Haddo House. [Private Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2017-05-02