BUCHANAN, Leslie William David

Name – BUCHANAN, Leslie William David
Born – 04/04/1894
Died – 28/05/1914
Location – No 3 Methodist Section
Mother – Josephine Adelaide Elizabeth Kneisch
Father – William David Buchanan

Notes – Leslie William David was born to Josephine Adelaide Elizabeth (nee Kneisch) and William David Buchanan  in Victoria on the 4th April, 1894. He had one brother who predeceased him and two sisters, Grace and Myrtle.

The attached story from the newspaper reports he was found in a hut deceased for a number of days before his body was discovered by a neighbour. The post mortem determined he died from peritonitis after eating unripe fruit.

Council records mistakenly have Leslie William David Buchanan’s name and date of death recorded as D. L. Buchanan 31.5.1914. The death date was 28th May and the funeral was the 31st May, delayed due to the need for an inquest.

Leslie rests in an unmarked grave with no headstone.

Following  the report of his demise, a Death Notice appeared in a Melbourne newspaper shortly afterwards which read – Buchanan on the 28th May, 1914 at Tara, Queensland. Suddenly Leslie William the darling and only surviving son of William and Josephine Buchanan and most loving brother of Grace and Myrtle of Toorak Road, and 631 Punt Rd, South Yarra. Aged 20 years and one month. In a lonely grave many miles away lies our darling boy. 3rd June, 1914.

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