Māori Hugh Hunter Buchanan Died 27 April 1941 PDF Key details Service number8408 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankPrivate AWMM 20 Infantry Battalion AWMM WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Wreath, 1999, laid by the Greek Community on the Cenotaph in Auckland and later moved to the Hall of … View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesHugh Hunter AWMM SurnameBuchanan AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service number8408 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe Religion Images and documents Images Contribute › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentUnknown AWMM 21 Hensley Street, Invercargill, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationMr R.H. Buchanan (father), Abbotsford, Green Island, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 5 January 1940 AWMM Single AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War II, 1939-1945 AWMM CampaignGreece AWMM Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service number8408 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW2 Unknown AWMM Process worker/Civilian AWMM Invercargill, Southland AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW2 Private AWMM 20 Infantry Battalion AWMM 2NZEF: 1st Echelon AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled on Active Service, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankPrivate AWMM 20 Infantry Battalion AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › Hugh Buchanan was the son of Robert Hunter Buchanan and of Jessie Ann Margaret Buchanan (nee Miller), of Green Island, Otago, New Zealand. AWMM Death About death Contribute › Death27 April 1941 AWMM Age 32 AWMM Greece, Europe AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled on Active Service AWMM Death notes Cemetery Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial nameAthens Memorial, Phaleron War Cemetery, Athens, Greece AWMM Roll of Honour Remember Hugh Hunter Buchanan by laying a poppy. Henry James Buchanan Henry Meredith Buchanan Hugh Hunter Buchanan Hugh Wareham Buchanan Ian Alexander Buchanan Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of Hugh Hunter Buchanan Leave a note Contribute › Processing Sources Sources Contribute › External linksCommonwealth War Graves Commission record https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2105728 Sources Used DocumentsSecond New Zealand Expeditionary Force. (1941). Nominal Roll Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force No. 1 (Embarkations to 31st March, 1940). Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM WW2 1: WW2 28 AWMM Pringle, D., & Glue, W. (1957). 20 Battalion and Armoured Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Department of Internal Affairs, War History Branch. AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
