Robert Ogilvie Buchanan
Born 12 Sept 1874 - Died 1980
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- WWI 22698 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Last rank
- WW1
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
About
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- Forenames
- Robert Ogilvie AWMM
- Surname
- Buchanan AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Service number
- WWI 22698 AWMM
- Gender
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Images
Documents
About birth
- Birth
- 12 Sept 1874 Military Personnel file
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- Address before enlistment
- WW1 1916 AWMM Lower Harbour, Port Chalmers AWMM
- WW1 12 Aug 1919 AWMM 13 Graham St, Dunedin AWMM
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- Next of kin
- WW1 Mrs J. Buchanan (mother) 39 Arthur Street, Dunedin AWMM
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Wars and conflicts
- War
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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- Armed force / branch
- Army AWMM
- Service number
- WWI 22698 AWMM
- Military service
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Military decorations
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Training and Enlistment
- Military training
- 01 Feb 1910 AWMM
Otago Boys' High School Cadets AWMM - 01 Mar 1913 AWMM
4th (Otago) Regiment AWMM
- 01 Feb 1910 AWMM
- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Enlistment
- WW1 09 Mar 1916 Military Personnel file
Age 21 AWMM
School teacher/Civilian Military Personnel file F Company Military Personnel file - Age on enlistment
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Embarkations
- Embarkation details
- WW1 2nd Lieutenant/Military Military Personnel file New Zealand Mounted Rifles AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Prisoner of war
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Medical history
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Last known rank
- Last rank
- WW1 25 Jul 1919 AWMM
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Biographical information
- His service was continuous from 1 February 1910 to 7 June 1932 (Source: Military Personnel File). AWMM
- Lieutenant Robert Ogilvie Buchanan was born on 9 September 1894, at Maheno, North Otago to Janet and Duncan Buchanan.
He attended Tapanui Primary and District High Schools, completing his education at Otago Boys High School in Dunedin. His studies at Otago University were interrupted by the call for volunteers for service in the 2nd Otago Regiment. He sailed with them for the Middle East in 1916 .
That year he was appointed 2nd Lieutenant on probation while in G Company of the 16th Reinforcements (Otago Daily Times, 17 August, 1916) and later that year as 2nd Lieutenant in J Company was posted to the Infantry Section of the 21st Reinforcements (ODT, 12 September, 1916). While in the trenches at the Western Front he was wounded (not severely). (ODT, 17 June, 1918). Shortly before he was wounded he served with a Light Trench Mortar Battery of the Otago Regiment. (ODT, 7 September, 1918)
After his return to New Zealand, he completed a M.A degree with Honours, at the University of Otago, specialising in Economics. He then taught Geography at Mount Albert Grammar? School, Auckland where he also coached rugby In 1925 he enrolled at the London School of Economics, gaining a B.Sc degree (1st class honours). He taught at both the London School of Economics and University of London, where he held the position of Professor, Chair of Geography at the LSE from 1949 to 1961. He died in England on 10 July, 1980.Public - Annette - 12 April 2015 - Compiled by Annette Jarrold, from material supplied by Marie I. Bathgate, formerly of Tapanui, and now of Mosgiel, and from the Otago Daily Times, Dunedin.
About death
- Death
- 1980 AWMM
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Memorial
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Sources
- External links
- Military Personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24096558
Further Reference - Military Personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R21889453
Further Reference
- Military Personnel file
- References
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Roll 52, p.20
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