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Corporal WILLIAM GIBSON DOWNING

Service Number: 3/171A
Regiment & Unit/Ship

New Zealand Medical Corps

Amb.

Date of Death

Died 14 December 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

B. 54.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to Canterbury Mounted Rifles, N.Z.E.F.
  • Country of Service New Zealand
  • Additional Info Son of W. G. and Kate Downing.
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (CHATBY) MILITARY AND WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2865
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