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[CINDERS]

I have a request and this forum seems to attract a higher percentage of views so if I may be so bold can it be left here Badger.
This was from my brothers estate when he passed in 1990 at the age of 43 and kept by my b/inlaw until I matured enough to have them, as I was too much into fast bikes and fast women at that point in time.
So I have had them for about 6 years now I think it is time to try and find a bit about them as I feel that is what my brother was going to do and I sought of owe it to him.
I have tried and blanked out so has another source one;
> Russell Linwood, ASM
> McDOWALL QLD 4053
Lieutenant Colonel - Australian Army History Unit Senior
Vice-President (Operations) RUSIQ Honorary Fellow ACHSM (Queensland)
Sessional Academic Griffith University Visiting Fellow QUT
And have had not input yet on either.

So I am seeking information on 2 service personnel a father and son I have the fathers papers from when he was enisted in the Seaforth Highlanders and for his son I have a note book on a course he attended as a Lt at Duntroon in NSW Nov 9 - 20th 1914.
The father is William Buchan 3093 (See pic) who enlisted on the 10th Sept 1889 at Caithness! age 19 years and 2 months whose last place of residence was Wick.
He was stationed in Rawalipindi E India in 1892 ~ 1893 the Ishapore 1894 ~ 1895

His son W F S E Buchan Lt "A"Coy 84th Infantry Kalgoorlie.
Any help would be greatly appreciated by myself

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[mike1967]

Rank: Captain William Forbes Stuart Erskine Buchan.

Australian Flying Corps - 1 Reinforcements. Special Draft, AIF Officers. Special Draft, Royal Military College Graduates. Clerks. Staff in Charge Jugo-Slavs [Yugoslavs]. Staff in Charge Italian Reservists. (August 1915 - September 1918)

Conflict / Operation: First World War, 1914-1918

Date of embarkation: 3 September 1917

Place of embarkation: Sydney

Ship embarked on: HMAT Kyarra A55

[muffett.2008]

Mikes close to the money, do an archive search, click record search and enter details, you will locate the son pretty quick.
NAA B2455 (BARCODE 313437 covers 1914/18 ) and NAA B4717 (BARCODE 3134382 for 1940/41.
For the father you need to search the Brit files or provide a bit more info.

[CINDERS]

I will have a go Muffet but the writing is pretty hard to decipher I try not to handle the document to often as it came into his possession (William Buchan) in 1889 so its a tad frail. I thought the fathers Serial No. would make it easier and how do I search the British archives most places want you to join for a fee.

[mike1967]

Pretty easy CINDERS, 5 mins on the net, And here's your man. 5th from the top.

findmypast.co.uk

[muffett.2008]

Cinders, a few minutes on Trove gave me most of the answers and a bloody good laugh.
I won't go into details for the forum but in less than half an hour, I had over 15 newspaper articles on both dad and son.
Dads initials were the same as the son......a Jnr. I guess, the date range I looked at were from 1905 to 1934, and ranged from work articles, dad as a preacher giving lectures, to the son prior to joining the military and his years on the Roads Board, to post war Lecturing and Employment positions.
A couple of articles had me in fits of laughter, especially one Correspondence article from the Evening Star 18 jan. 1918.
All the articles I looked at were from WA papers. There were numerous other articles I skipped over.
If you have trouble locating any of the files or articles I have mentioned, PM me and I will download them for you.

[muffett.2008]

Well Cinders, I am absolutely amazed.
I very rarely get involved in someone elses research, but this time I am glad I did.
Being unable to get a good copy of some of these files, I resorted to printing them off to improve the quality to a readable stage.
So you will need to send me your postal details so I can send them on.

You should be very proud of your heritage, reading the histories as I copied them showed a dedication by individuals not often seen.
To be awarded the highest decoration for services rendered by a foreign country for services rendered during WW1, to spend so much time as a civil servant and then become a politician...........Good one Cinders.

[mike1967]

Muff i don't think its a relative of the CINDERS, its something that his late brother had picked up. Either way its all interesting.

[CINDERS]

No its not a relative its like Mike said for my brother and B inlaw I am sure my brother would have done the same I have some WWI medals he brought and will have to see if they are named Buchan and for my b/in law as I will give him a copy a small thing to do considering what he went through on his asian holiday in 1969-70 plus he tried to save my brother but it was all over before he hit the floor so thats that.

Mind you I may be related distantly to old Iron Arse Curtis E Le May now that would be a real surprise considering the surname we share.......