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Second Lieutenant JOHN EDWARD DOWNER

Service Number: EC/4921
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Indian Pioneer Corps

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1942

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY

3. E. 12.

India

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Indian
  • Additional Info Son of Sydney Doman Downer and Louisa Jane Downer, of West Hampstead, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKEE WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1677
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