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DOWNIE, Clarence William
Personal Details
| Service Numbers: | 2246, N199900 |
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| Enlisted: | 8 June 1915 |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 4th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Armidale, New South Wales, Australia, 3 August 1897 |
| Home Town: | Kensington, Randwick, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | 1980, cause of death not yet discovered, place of death not yet discovered |
| Cemetery: | Not yet discovered |
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Service History
World War 1 Service
| 8 Jun 1915: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2246, 4th Infantry Battalion | |
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| 16 Jun 1915: | Involvement Private, 2246, 4th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: '' | |
| 16 Jun 1915: | Embarked Private, 2246, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney |
World War 2 Service
| 16 Apr 1942: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, N199900 |
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Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Stephen Brooks
Downie was a member of the 6th reinforcements to the 4th Battalion embarked from Sydney on 16 June 1915. They stopped at Fremantle on the way and they disembarked in Egypt on the 21 July and only two weeks later the bulk of them landed the at Anzac to reinforce the 4th Battalion. No time for training. They landed at Gallipoli on the 4 August 1915 and two days later went into the first assault on Lone Pine.