AUSTRALIAN COMMANDOS Buchanan, Spencer Donald

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Buchanan ​

• FORENAME

Spencer Donald ​

• UNIT

2/3 Independent Company ​

• RANK

Corporal ​

• NUMBER

NX43043 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

4th February 1943 ​

• AGE

28 ​

• GRAVESITE

Lae War Cemetery, Papua New Guinea K.A.6 ​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

born 08.09.1914, Kyogle, New South Wales​

son of William Beirne and Catherine Beatrice Buchanan, Petersham, New South Wales​

truck driver/carter in civilian life​

single​

Sapper, 8th Field Company,2 Div., R.A.E. (N235017)​

enlisted AIF 18.8.1941 Paddington, New South Wales​

KIA "Woody Island", Wau, New Guinea ​

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