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Major General RUPERT MAJOR DOWNES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Army Medical Corps

A.I.F.

Date of Death

Died 05 March 1945

Age 60 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRNS WAR CEMETERY

Plot A. Row D. Grave 18.

Australia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Awards Companion of St. Michael and St. George, Volunteer Officers' Decoration
  • Additional Info Son of Major General Major Francis Downes, C.M.G., and Helen Maria Downes; husband of Doris Mary Downes, of Malvern, Victoria. M.D., M.S., F.R.A.C.S., I.G.M.S.
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