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Lance Corporal GEORGE DOWNTON

Service Number: 4366
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Infantry, A.I.F.

41st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 41 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY

I. A. 3.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Husband of Gertrude S. Downton, of 47, Harmood St., Chalk Farm, London, England. Native of Marylebone, London, England.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND EVER LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND
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Buried or commemorated at

STRAND MILITARY CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 1162
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