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Charles Edwin DOWNS

Regimental number5381
Place of birthStirlingshire Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationShunter
AddressIreland City Hotel, Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinMother, Mrs B Downs, 43 Lonthorpe Street, Queen's Park Estate, London West, England
Enlistment date13 January 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name11th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/28/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Fremantle, Western Australia, on board HMAT A60 Aeneas on 17 April 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll11th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 25 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialAIF Burial Ground (Plot IV, Row F, Grave No. 1/10), Grass Lane, Flers, France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
62
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Mary Bevan DOWNS, Broomicknowes, Linlithgow. Native of Stirling, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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