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Private EDWARD COLEMAN DOWNES

Service Number: 6479
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. D. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Mary Downes, of 286, Young St., Annandale, New South Wales. Born at Mudgee, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

GREVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2132
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