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Corporal JOHN WILLIAM DOWNES

Service Number: VX23458
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry

A.I.F. 2/2 Pnr. Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1941

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY

N. 5.

Syria

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Downes, of East Malvern, Victoria, Australia; husband of Edith Annie Downes.
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Buried or commemorated at

DAMASCUS COMMONWEALTH WAR CEMETERY
Syria
Number of casualties: 1111
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