Frederick Ernest Michael DOWNIE

DOWNIE, Frederick Ernest Michael

Service Number: 2245
Enlisted: 3 June 1915, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
Last Rank: Private
Last Unit: 4th Infantry Battalion
Born: Port Kembla, New South Wales, Australia, 1891
Home Town: Port Kembla, Wollongong, New South Wales
Schooling: Not yet discovered
Occupation: Labourer
Died: Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 6 August 1915
Cemetery: No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Memorial, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Lone Pine Memorial to the Missing
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World War 1 Service

3 Jun 1915: Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2245, 4th Infantry Battalion, Enlisted at Liverpool, NSW
16 Jun 1915: Involvement Private, 2245, 4th Infantry Battalion, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '8' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Karoola embarkation_ship_number: A63 public_note: ''
16 Jun 1915: Embarked Private, 2245, 4th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Karoola, Sydney

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Biography contributed by Carol Foster

Son of Thomas and Sarah Downie of Port Kembla, NSW.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Previously served in the St George's Rifles, NSW

Biography contributed by Stephen Brooks

Fred Downie enlisted on the 12th June, 1915. Only 4 days later he was embarked from Sydney. He was a labourer, but did have previous military experience in the St.George's Rifles. Fred's two brothers, Thomas Downie and John Keith Downie served in WW1. Fred's cousin, 2202 John James Patterson, served in 54 Battalion. Fred arrived at his unit, the 4th Battalion on Gallipoli, on the 4th August, 1915, and went missing during the battle at Lone Pine. Military inquiry concluded that Fred Downie was killed in action at Lone Pine, 6th-9th August, 1915.

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