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'''Alfred Edgar Buchanan''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommAU}} '''Alfred Edgar Buchanan''', D.S.O. (10 August, 1903 – ) served in the [[Royal Australian Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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==World War II==
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==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 08:30, 4 August 2021

Commander Alfred Edgar Buchanan, D.S.O. (10 August, 1903 – ) served in the Royal Australian Navy.

Life & Career

Buchanan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 6 July, 1925.[1]

Buchanan was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 May, 1933.[2]

World War II

Buchanan was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1939.[3]

Buchanan was granted the acting rank of Captain on 22 August, 1945. He was placed on the Retired List on 10 August, 1963.[4]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Alvord S. Rosenthal
Captain of H.M.A.S. Waterhen
18 Jun, 1937[5]
Succeeded by
James H. Swain

Footnotes

  1. Uboat.net page on the man.
  2. Uboat.net page on the man.
  3. Uboat.net page on the man.
  4. Uboat.net page on the man.
  5. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 298.