Campbell Howard Buchanan
Died 31 Jan 1943
- Service number
- 0/7366 AWMM
- WWII O/7366 AWMM
- Also known as
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- Armed force / branch
- Navy AWMM
- Last rank
- Leading Signalman/Military AWMM Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMNZS Kiwi AWMM
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- Campbell Howard AWMM
- Surname
- Buchanan AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Also known as
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- Service number
- 0/7366 AWMM
- WWII O/7366 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
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- Post war occupation
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- Next of kin
- Mrs E. Buchanan (mother), 14 Fox Street, Port Chalmers, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- Relationship status
- Unknown AWMM Single AWMM
Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM
- Campaign
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- Armed force / branch
- Navy AWMM
- Service number
- 0/7366 AWMM
- WWII O/7366 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
- Medals and Awards
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
MiD. Posthumous, 1943, for action by HMNZS Kiwi and HMNZS Moa against a Japanese submarine. AWMM - Navy Cross (USA) AWMM
Navy Cross (US). Posthumous AWMM - War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
- New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
Training and Enlistment
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW2 Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNZNVR) AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
- Medical notes
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
Wounded on Friday 29 January 1943 AWMM - Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM
- Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWII AWMM
Last known rank
- Last rank
- Leading Signalman/Military AWMM
Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, HMNZS Kiwi AWMM - I am the son of campbell's twin sister Christina Neill nee Buchanan.
He was born on 07/04/1920Public - Ian - Direct descendant - 22 April 2017 - Campbell Buchanan would have been my uncle but died long before I was born.
I believe that most information we had was sent to the Navel Museum before my mother past away a few years back including his US Naval Cross Medal
- Leading Signalman/Military AWMM
- Last rank
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Biographical information
- Campbell Buchanan was the son of Joseph and Emma Buchanan, Port Chalmers, Otago, New Zealand
Buchanan was leading signalman of the HMNZS 'Kiwi' on the night of 29 January 1943, when HMNZS mine-sweepers 'Kiwi' and 'Moa' identified and attacked the Japanese submarine I-1, off the north-west coast of Guadacanal. 'Kiwi' rammed the submarine three times, and it ran aground and was destroyed.
While manning the searchlight on HMNZS 'Kiwi' Signalman
Buchanan was fired on and wounded. He continued to operate the searchlight even after being wounded. He died on January 31, 1943, he was the only New Zealand casualty during this engagement.
Next of kin details compiled from information in the Casualty lists published in the newspapers.
A photograph of Buchanan's grave at Tulagi, Florida Island, is on display in the Auckland War Memorial Museum, 'Our Small Ships', 'Scars on the Heart,' gallery.
Associated items on display in "Our small ships" are: a model of the Corvette mine-sweeper HMNZS 'Kiwi', the crests of the 'Kiwi' and 'Moa', a cap ribbon, HMNZS 'Kiwi', the sextant from the Japanese submarine I-1, and photographs of the 'Kiwi' at sea, the ship's company of HMNZS 'Kiwi' marching up Queen Street, Auckland, the remains of the Japanese submarine I-1 sunk off Guadalcanal, the HMNZS 'Kiwi' at Devonport Dockyards for repairs; and an Oerlikon cannon. AWMM
About death
- Death
- 31 Jan 1943 AWMM
Age 22 AWMM - 29 Jan 1943 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
Age 22 AWMM
- 31 Jan 1943 AWMM
- Date of death
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- Age at death
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- Place of death
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- Cause of death
- Died of wounds AWMM
- Death notes
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- Cemetery
- Bourail New Zealand War Cemetery, New Caledonia AWMM 8. 20 AWMM
- Port Chalmers General Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block LO, Plot 59 AWMM
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
Sources Used - Awards Made. Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 128, 1 June 1943, Page 4
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430601.2.47&srpos
Further Reference - National Museum of the Royal New Zealand Navy : Navy Mueseum, Torpedo Bay, Devonport, Auckland
http://navymuseum.co.nz/
Further Reference - U.S. Awards: New Zealand Naval Men. Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 52, 3 March 1943, Page 3
http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19430303.2.30
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2384920
Sources Used - Record Book of Naval Personnel - c.1920-1945 - Lists Navy number, alphabetical list of names of ratings trained in England, numerical lists of officers. Archives New Zealand, R21346617, AAYT 8495 N12
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21346617
Further Reference
- Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
- References
- The Evening Post
Evening Post, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 25, 31 January 1944, Page 1 - This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020)
- The Evening Post
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