Cyril Lester Gordon DOWNE MSM, MID

DOWNE, Cyril Lester Gordon

    Service Numbers: Officer, 13
    Enlisted: 30 September 1914
    Last Rank: Second Lieutenant
    Last Unit: No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
    Born: Rodney, Victoria, Australia, 1894
    Home Town: Rochester, Campaspe, Victoria
    Schooling: State School, Rochester, Victoria, Australia
    Occupation: Carpenter
    Died: Flying Accident, Egypt, 3 March 1919
    Cemetery: Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
    Row Q, Grave No. 278
    Memorials: Rochester Holy Trinity Anglican Church Rochester & District Honor Roll
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    World War 1 Service

    30 Sep 1914: Enlisted AIF WW1, Officer
    21 Oct 1914: Involvement Private, 13, 1st Light Horse Brigade HQ, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '1' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Orvieto embarkation_ship_number: A3 public_note: ''
    21 Oct 1914: Embarked Private, 13, 1st Light Horse Brigade HQ, HMAT Orvieto, Melbourne
    28 Jun 1917: Honoured Mention in Dispatches
    5 Feb 1919: Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, No. 1 Squadron, Australian Flying Corps
    Date unknown: Honoured Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)

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    Biography contributed by Elizabeth Allen

    Cyril Lester Gordon DOWNE was born in Rodney near Echuca in Victoria in 1894

    His parents were Henry Thompson DOWNE & Mary Taylor LAING

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    Two of his brothers also served

    1. Harry Leslie DOWNE (SN 42) - returned to Australia in1918 and also served as a Lieutenant during WW2 (SN W142) - discharged 15th January, 1943

    2. Reuben Milton DOWNE (SN 3305) served during WW1 in the 14th Infantry Battalion and returned to Australia in 1919

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