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Able Seaman ALEXANDER BUCHANAN

Service Number: 67934
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Naval Forces

H.M.S. Birmingham

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1942

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY

Naval Allotment Row D. Grave 19.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Buchanan; husband of Elizabeth Buchanan, of Fish Hoek, Cape Province.
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Buried or commemorated at

SIMON'S TOWN (DIDO VALLEY) CEMETERY
Western Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 185
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