John Neil DOWNING

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Service Number:	NX15076
Enlisted:	15 May 1940, Ingleburn, NSW. Sent to Officer's Trg School at Narellan, NSW on 14 Jun 1940.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, 9 May 1920
Home Town:	Dubbo, Dubbo Municipality, New South Wales
Died:	Presumed Dead, Tobruk, Libya, 31 July 1941, aged 21 years
Cemetery:	No known grave - "Known Unto God" Alamein Memorial, El Alamein War Cemetery, El Alamein, Marsa Matruh, Egypt
Memorials:	Alamein Memorial (El Alamein), Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Dubbo Memorial Drive & Rose Garden

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3 Sep 1939:	Involvement Lieutenant, NX15076
15 May 1940:	Enlisted Private, NX15076, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Ingleburn, NSW. Sent to Officer's Trg School at Narellan, NSW on 14 Jun 1940.
15 May 1940:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Lieutenant, NX15076, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion
31 Jul 1941:	Involvement Lieutenant, NX15076, 2nd/17th Infantry Battalion, Siege of Tobruk, Reported M.I.A. (possibly P.O.W.). Report later amended to "Presumed Dead" on the same date.

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