Ernest Robert DOWNIE

DOWNIE, Ernest Robert

Service Number: V64830
Enlisted: 13 August 1940
Last Rank: Corporal
Last Unit: 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
Born: Pascoe Vale, Victoria, Australia, 1 October 1916
Died: Killed in Action, New Guinea, 10 September 1943, aged 26 years
Cemetery: Lae War Cemetery
cremation or burial place: Lae, Lae District, Morobe, Papua New Guinea, Lae War Cemetery, Lae, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea
Memorials: Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Whittlesea WW2 Memorial Wall

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World War 2 Service

13 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Private, V64830
13 Aug 1940: Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, V64830, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF
10 Sep 1943: Involvement Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Corporal, V64830, 58/59 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF

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