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DOWNER, Garnet Ronald
Personal Details
| Service Number: | 243 |
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| Enlisted: | Not yet discovered |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 1st Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Glebe, New South Wales, Australia, 1886 |
| Home Town: | Artarmon, Willoughby, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Bush Worker |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Fleurbaix, France, 29 June 1916 |
| Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Villers-Bretonneux Memorial (Australian National Memorial - France) |
Service History
World War 1 Service
| 18 Oct 1914: | Involvement Private, 243, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '7' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Afric embarkation_ship_number: A19 public_note: '' | |
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| 18 Oct 1914: | Embarked Private, 243, 1st Infantry Battalion, HMAT Afric, Sydney | |
| 29 Jun 1916: | Involvement Sergeant, 243, 1st Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 243 awm_unit: 1 Battalion awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1916-06-29 | |
| 27 Oct 1916: | Honoured Military Medal, ANZAC / Gallipoli, For outstanding courage and determination during operations at Lone Pine in 1915 when he personally led a counter attack in company with 252 Sergeant E.C. Gelding and succeeded in holding the trench by means of bombs. |
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