CANN Stanley Buckingham

CANN Stanley Buckingham

Australian Army Born Perth WA 22 August 1915 Died 14 November 1991

Service No. WX1533, 544280.  Stan served in the 6th Division Engineers and was responsible for placing the Bangalore Torpedoes under the barbed wire during the 1st battle for Tobruk. For many years he was Principal Architect for the public Works Department, responsible for many buildings in Perth, including the old Chest Hospital, which is now Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital.