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Harry Arthur Buchanan

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 26), Page: 7 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Harry Arthur AWMM
  • Surname
    Buchanan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 12/3951 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    29 December 1886 AWMM Tauranga, Bay of Plenty AWMM
  • Date of birth
    • 29 November 1883 Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - 1. Birth Registration - White Copy: Folio No. 195/1884. BUCHANAN Henry.
      2. N.Z. BMD - Births, Registration No. 1884/1259. BUCHANAN HENRY.
    • 29 November 1883 Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - 1. Birth Registration - White Copy: Folio No. 195/1884. BUCHANAN Henry.
      2. N.Z. BMD - Births, Registration No. 1884/1259. BUCHANAN HENRY.
  • Place of birth
    • Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NEWW ZEALAND Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - BUCHANAN Henry: Birth Registration - White Copy: Folio No. 195/1884.
    • Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, NEWW ZEALAND Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - BUCHANAN Henry: Birth Registration - White Copy: Folio No. 195/1884.
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • C/o Mr. Sturgeon, Lower Hutt, NEW ZEALAND Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - Military Personnel File.
    • C/o Mr. Sturgeon, Lower Hutt, NEW ZEALAND Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - Military Personnel File.
  • Post war occupation
    • Farmer for W.A. Smith, Te Rapa. Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - Military Personnel File.
    • Farmer for W.A. Smith, Te Rapa. Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - Military Personnel File.
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Campkin (sister), Whaka Road, Rotorua, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs. Campkin (sister), Whaka Road, Rotorua, NEW ZEALAND Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - Military Personnel File.
    • Mrs. Campkin (sister), Whaka Road, Rotorua, NEW ZEALAND Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - Military Personnel File.
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 4 March 1916 AWMM Single AWMM
    • Single Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - Family Documents.
    • Single Public - robina - Direct descendant - 8 April 2023 - Family Documents.

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 12/3951 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 17 November 1915 AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, Unknown Period AWMM
      5 foot 6 inches AWMM
    • Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
      152 pounds AWMM
    • Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      hazel AWMM
    • Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
      brown AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      GSW head and face in France AWMM
    • Hospital Diseases , Wounds, WWI AWMM
      16 December 1916 received pension AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    10 September 1958 AWMM
    Lower Hutt, Wellington AWMM
  • Date of death
    10 September 1985 Public - robina - Direct descendant - 5 January 2017 - Dept. Internal Affairs/ BMD. Certified Copy of an entry of Birth (29/ November 1883) Folio. No./ 195/1884. certified Copy of an entry of Death Folio. No. 1958/3504.
  • Age at death
    Death Cert. = 71. Actual = 75 Public - robina - Direct descendant - 5 January 2017 - Dept. Internal Affairs/ BMD. Certified Copy of an entry of Birth (29/ November 1883) Folio. No./ 195/1884. certified Copy of an entry of Death Folio. No. 1958/3504.
  • Place of death
    Public Hospital Lower Hutt, New Zealand from 19 Mitchell Street, Lower Hutt. Public - robina - Direct descendant - 5 January 2017 - Dept. Internal Affairs/ BMD. certified Copy of an entry of Death Folio. No. 1958/3504.
  • Cause of death
    Myocardial infarction, Coronary thrombosis. Public - robina - Direct descendant - 5 January 2017 - Dept. Internal Affairs/ BMD. certified Copy of an entry of Death Folio. No. 1958/3504.
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
    Hutt City/ Taita: Public - robina - Direct descendant - 5 January 2017 - Cemeteries Online.hutt city.govt.nz
  • Grave reference
    TLC-RSA-11-N-0032: RSA Soldiers Burial, Block 11, Row N, Plot 32. Public - robina - Direct descendant - 5 January 2017 - Cemeteries Online.huttcity.govt.nz.
  • Obituary
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • For Gt. Uncle Harry:
    On foreign shores their footfall trod
    Some buried 'neath that distant sod
    Listen for the bugle call
    Remember their names - ANZAC's all

    Robina
    Public - Robina - Direct descendant - 21 April 2022
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  • Although I never got to meet you I have had the pleasure of reading your postcards sent to Nana during the wait for her to emigrate to New Zealand - you were her darling boy - miss you Granddad.
    Public - Tracy - Direct descendant - 5 April 2017
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  • Gt. Uncle Harry: The endeavors you and your like gave freely, will always be remembered.
    Public - robina - Direct descendant - 5 January 2017
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05 April 2017TracyNew ZealandDirect descendant

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