Ernest Robert DOWNIE

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

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