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Rifleman JOHN DOWNIE

Service Number: 3323444
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY

4.B.5.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Anthony John and Catherine Downie, of Glasgow; husband of Kathleen Downie (nee Curran), of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription TO BE TOGETHER JUST WE THREE, A HEAVEN ON EARTH FOR US IT WOULD BE
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Buried or commemorated at

GAUHATI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 512
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