Albert Edwin DOWNTON

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Service Number:	6074
Enlisted:	18 September 1916
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	27th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Port Adelaide, South Australia, date not yet discovered
Home Town:	Queenstown, Port Adelaide Enfield, South Australia
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Labourer
Died:	Killed in Action, France, 17 April 1918, age not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Dernancourt, Picardie, France
Memorials:	Adelaide National War Memorial, Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Port Adelaide St Paul's Church Memorial Alcove

18 Sep 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1
6 Nov 1916:	Involvement Private, 6074, 27th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '15' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: ''
6 Nov 1916:	Embarked Private, 6074, 27th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Adelaide

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