Geburtsdatum: 01/10/1891

Geburtsort: Parkes, New South Wales, Australia

Beruf: Arbeiter

Land: Australia

Truppe: Australian Imperial Force

Rang: Private

Dienstnummer: 2276

Einberufung datum: 24/01/1916

Einberufung ort: Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia

Einheiten:  —  Australian Infantry, 36th Bn.  (Letzte bekannte Einheit)

Sterbedatum: 12/10/1917

Sterbeort: Lijssenthoek, Remy Siding, No. 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, Belgien

Todesursache: Verwundet

Alter: 26

British War Medal Medaille

Victory Medal Medaille

Private John Bertram Buchanan – a labourer from Coff's Harbour, New South Wales - served in “D” Coy. of the 36th Battalion Australian Infantry, part of the 9th Brigade of the 3rd Australian Division. John’s unit participated in the First Battle of Passchendaele on 12 October 1917.

The 36th Battalion left their bivouacs at 7 p.m. on the 11th of October 1917. It marched to its assembly lines near Tyne Cot Cemetery between Augustus Wood and the Ypres-Roulers railroad. John’s Battalion was to follow the old Ypres-Roulers railway line, because the surrounding ground was too boggy. The going up was very hard, as the Germans shelled the route with gas and high explosive shells. The shelling became heavier from the Zonnebeke Railway Station and it became a regular barrage from Daring Crossing onward. The march to the assembly area proved to be a deadly one, as the Battalion suffered about hundred casualties on the route. One hundred men were wounded, dead or missing even before the Battalion had to attack.

While going up to the frontline John Bertram Buchanan was hit by shrapnel in his left buttock. He was taken back to a dressing station by stretcher bearers. One of them stated in John’s Red Cross Wounded and Missing File that he didn’t seem badly hit and was cheerful. From the dressing station he was taken back to n° 3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station near Remy Siding, where the 26-year-old died of his wounds. John was buried in the adjacent Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery.

AIF https://www.aif.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=37586 Verwendete Quellen

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/430928/buchanan,-john-bertram/ Verwendete Quellen

Embarkation Roll https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2004523 Verwendete Quellen

Nominal Roll https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R2286807 Verwendete Quellen

Passchendaele Day by Day Account Verwendete Quellen

Red Cross Wounded and Missing https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1482980 Verwendete Quellen

Roll of Honour https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/R1678303 Verwendete Quellen

Service Record https://recordsearch.naa.gov.au/SearchNRetrieve/Interface/DetailsReports/ItemDetail.aspx?Barcode=3152472&isAv=N Verwendete Quellen

War Diary https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/C1355111 Verwendete Quellen