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Lieutenant EDGAR GORDON DOWN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Light Horse

8th

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

A. 163.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas John Boon Down and Janet Down, of Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia. Native of Shepparton, Victoria.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

KANTARA WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2004
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