BUCHANAN, Emilie
Age at Death: 20
Rank Lance Corporal
Unit Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Service Number W13584
Place of Burial Carmangay Cemetery, AB
Date of Birth 1923.03.04
Place of Birth Carmangay AB
Enlistment September 30, 1942, Calgary AB
Date of Death 1943.09.20
Daughter of Mrs. Linda Nugent, of Carmangay; wife of James F. Buchanan, of Rainier
Emile Nugent was born and raised, along with her brother and five sisters, in Carmangay, Alberta. She was an amateur photographer and an avid reader. She enlisted in September 1942, with a strong desire to serve overseas. Her assessment recommended her as a telephone operator or drill instructor. She was posted to the Currie Barracks in Calgary, where she met James Buchanan, who was posted there as part of the Army Medical Corpus. They married in March 1943. In June of the same year, she was promoted to Lance Corporal.
On September 19, 1943, Emilie Buchanan was riding with nine other passengers in a station wagon. The driver lost control on loose gravel and the car rolled over. None of the other passengers were seriously injured; Emily died the following day from her injuries.