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Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: D/559
  • Rank: Pioneer
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  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: South African Pioneers
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  • Place of Death: Kenya, Africa
  • Age at Death: 42
  • Date of Death: 08.05.1918
  • Burial Country: Kenya, Africa
  • Cemetery: Mombasa British Memorial
  • Grave/Mem Ref no:

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
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  • Mother:

    Isabella Buchanan, 2 Arbroath Rd, Dundee

  • Father:

    David Wells Buchanan, 2 Arbroath Rd, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    George, David & William

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More about Charles Buchanan

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour. He

Charles Buchanan   D/559   South African Pioneers

BUCHANAN―Died serving in German East Africa campaign, Private Charles Buchanan, S.A.B.P. 2nd son of Mrs D. W. Buchanan 2 Arbroath Road: also killed in action on the 28th September 1918, Dvr, George Brown Buchanan, 636637, 124th Brigade, R.F.A.

Dundee Evening Telegraph 29th October 1918

Also believed to be the brother of L/Cpl William Buchanan, 29, 4th Battalion, Canadian Engineers.

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson, additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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