DOWNING, Harold Oscar
Service Number: | 2677 |
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Enlisted: | 14 August 1916, Sydney, New South Wales |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 38th Infantry Battalion |
Born: | Bombala, New South Wales, 7 December 1894 |
Home Town: | Manly, Manly Vale, New South Wales |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Electrician |
Died: | Natural causes, Sydney, New South Wales, 9 May 1967, aged 72 years |
Cemetery: |
Northern Suburbs Memorial Gardens and Crematorium, NSW Bush Land Section: Wall 17, Section 2 |
Memorials: |
World War 1 Service
14 Aug 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2677, 38th Infantry Battalion, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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9 Nov 1916: |
Involvement
AIF WW1, Private, 2677, 38th Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Benalla embarkation_ship_number: A24 public_note: '' |
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9 Nov 1916: | Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2677, 38th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Benalla, Sydney | |
1 Feb 1917: | Wounded GSW (both legs) | |
10 Aug 1919: | Discharged AIF WW1, Private, 2677, 38th Infantry Battalion |
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38th Battation 5th Reninforement
Discharged from Service 10 Aug 1919
Harold was one of 3 brother that went to WW1
Charles Percy & Edwin Erick Downing all returned
Fathers Name : Frederick Herny Downing
Mothers Name : Georgina Margaret Downing
Harold married Dorothy and had 2 sons (Harold & Keneth)