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Name: BUCHANAN, James Dick 'Jimmy'

Nee: son of George and Jemima Buchanan

Birth Date: 11 June 1912 Kirkcaldy, Fife

Death Date: ?18 Nov 1952 Ards Connel, Argyllshire

First Date: 1937

Profession: Worked for Railway (Traffic) as clerk; 1937 hardware salesman

Married: ?Maisi

Book Reference: Sitrep 2, mini-SITREP XIV, The Link 18

General Information:

mini-SITREP XIV - 'The Early Days' ........ first volunteers to the Kenya Regiment at the little opera theatre ..... 'Our instructors Vic Bobbett, and Charles Broomfield ........ I don't know how it came about, but Vic, Charles and I became good friends, but on parade I was just another soldier who obeyed orders. Sometimes I took Vic Bobbet with me on hunting safaris, which he thoroughly enjoyed, but if he infringed the rules of hunting, I would reprimand him. He acknowledged that I was the Bwana Mkubwa in these matters, just as I acknowledged his status on the parade ground. ....
One of the original '500' men in the Kenya Regt. in 1937. (KR 19).
Nat Probate Calendar for possible death and wife

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