DOWNIE, David Norman Hedley
| Service Number: | 103 |
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| Enlisted: | 26 August 1914, Brighton,Tasmania |
| Last Rank: | Sergeant |
| Last Unit: | 3rd Field Company Engineers |
| Born: | Glasgow, Scotland, March 1888 |
| Home Town: | Zeehan, West Coast, Tasmania |
| Schooling: | Glasgow High School |
| Occupation: | Civil Engineer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, Gallipoli, Gallipoli, Dardanelles, Turkey, 31 May 1915 |
| Cemetery: |
Beach Cemetery - ANZAC Cove Plot 1, Row J, Grave 26, Beach Cemetery, Gallipoli Peninsula, Canakkale Province, Turkey |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 1 Service
| 26 Aug 1914: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Sapper, 103, Brighton,Tasmania | |
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| 1 Sep 1914: | Promoted AIF WW1, Corporal, 3rd Field Company Engineers | |
| 22 Sep 1914: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 103, 3rd Field Company Engineers, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '5' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Geelong embarkation_ship_number: A2 public_note: '' | |
| 22 Sep 1914: | Embarked AIF WW1, Corporal, 103, 3rd Field Company Engineers, HMAT Geelong, Melbourne | |
| 25 Apr 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Corporal, 103, 3rd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli | |
| 15 May 1915: | Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 3rd Field Company Engineers | |
| 31 May 1915: | Involvement AIF WW1, Sergeant, 103, 3rd Field Company Engineers, ANZAC / Gallipoli, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 103 awm_unit: 3rd Field Company, Australian Engineers awm_rank: Sergeant awm_died_date: 1915-05-31 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
David Norman Hedley DOWNIE was born in Glasgow, Scotland in 1888
His parents were Thomas DOWNIE and Rachel HORNE
He married Mary Eliza RIPPON in 1914 in Victoria
He had previous service in the Glasgow High School Cadets which were attached to the Scottish Rifles before he enlisted in Brighton, Tasmania on 26th August, 1914 and embarked with the 4th section of the 3rd Field Company Engineers on the 22nd September, 1914 from Melbourne on the ship Geelong
David died of wounds received in action (compound fracture of his skull) due to a bomb, on 31st May, 1915 at Gallipoli and is buried in Beach Cemetery.
His name is memorialised on the Australian War Memorial and he was awarded the 1914-15 Star, British War Medal & the Victory Medal
His brother Alexander DOWNIE who had also come to Australia died in Warnambool in Victoria in 1915
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DEATHS - Trove
DOWNIE - On the 31st May (of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles), David Norman Hedley Downie (3rd Field Company Engineers, Tasmania), dearly beloved husband of Mary E Downie (nee Rippon) of Charles St Seddon Victoria and beloved youngest son of Thomas Downie, "Barrack Hall" Mellahouston, Glasgow, Scotland
REST IN PEACE
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