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DOWNIE, John Jabez
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 1346 |
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| Enlisted: | 20 November 1914, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Copabella Station, Holbrook, New South Wales, 1890 |
| Home Town: | Tumbarumba, Tumbarumba, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Glenroy Public School, Tumbarumba, New South Wales |
| Occupation: | Policeman |
| Died: | Died of wounds, At sea on board HMT Dongola, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 3 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" No known grave, buried at sea Chaplain P.W. Clarkson officiated Panel 22Commemroated on the Tumbarumba Roll of Honour, NSW , Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing, Rosewood Memorial Gates, Surry Hills NSW Police Force Roll of Honour WW1, Tumbarumba Wolseley Park Mechanics Institute District Heroes |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 20 Nov 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 1346, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW | |
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| 11 Feb 1915: | Involvement Private, 1346, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Seang Bee embarkation_ship_number: A48 public_note: '' | |
| 11 Feb 1915: | Embarked Private, 1346, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Seang Bee, Melbourne |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Carol Foster
Son of John Galloway and Annie E Downie of 'Wolseley Park', Wagga, NSW
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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