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Sergeant JAMES FRANCIS DOWNING

Service Number: 191
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

31st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 January 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

X. X. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Cecilia Downing, of Baramba, Goomeri, Queensland.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS R.I.P.

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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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