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DOWNER, Alexander Russell
Personal Details
Service Numbers: | SX10422, S11110 |
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Enlisted: | 25 September 1939, Keswick, SA |
Last Rank: | Private |
Last Unit: | 2nd/14th Field Regiment |
Born: | North Adelaide, South Australia, 7 April 1910 |
Home Town: | Bridgewater (South Australia), Adelaide Hills, South Australia |
Schooling: | The Hutchins School, Hobart, Tasmania, Geelong Grammar, Victoria, Brasenose College, Oxford, England |
Occupation: | Barrister, Politician |
Died: | Adelaide, South Australia , 30 March 1981, aged 70 years, cause of death not yet discovered |
Cemetery: |
Enfield Memorial Park, South Australia |
Memorials: | Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
25 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, S11110 | |
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25 Sep 1939: | Involvement Gunner, SX10422, 2nd/14th Field Regiment | |
25 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Keswick, SA | |
25 Sep 1939: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, S11110 | |
30 Nov 1940: | Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Private, SX10422 | |
15 Nov 1945: | Discharged |
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