Harry Wraith DOWNES

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DOWNES, Harry Wraith

Service Number:	WX11159
Enlisted:	23 November 1938, Perth, WA
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/6th Field Park Company
Born:	Boulder, Western Australia, Australia, 31 March 1918
Home Town:	Nedlands, Nedlands, Western Australia
Schooling:	North Kalgoorlie School, Collie High School
Occupation:	Architect
Died:	Accidental (Drowning), Thailand, 23 July 1943, aged 25 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God"
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Ballarat Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial, Singapore Memorial Kranji War Cemetery

World War 2 Service

23 Nov 1938:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (WW2) , Lieutenant, WX11159, 2nd/6th Field Park Company, Perth, WA
3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, WX11159

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Biography contributed by Daryl Jones

Son of James and Ethel Margaret Downes, of Nedlands, Western Australia. A.R.A.I.A. (W.A.).

Described as a “brilliant and serious young man” with “a keen sense of humour”, Harry Wraith Downes was born in 1918. He was named Harry after his two uncles who were fighting on the Western Front in France when he was born. His father often called him “Digger”, or “Dig”, in honour of the Australian diggers who had fought during the war, including a member of their extended family who had been killed on Gallipoli.

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