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DOWDEN, Brian Lindsay

Service Numbers:	6004, V91971
Enlisted:	29 February 1916
Last Rank:	Sergeant
Last Unit:	16 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
Born:	Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia, 5 October 1887
Home Town:	Not yet discovered
Schooling:	Not yet discovered
Occupation:	Farmer
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia , 16 August 1967, aged 79 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Lilydale Lawn Cemetery, Victoria Roman Catholic, Section 1,Plot 260
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World War 1 Service

29 Feb 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 6004, 7th Infantry Battalion
28 Jul 1916:	Embarked Private, 6004, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Themistocles, Melbourne
28 Jul 1916:	Involvement Private, 6004, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Themistocles embarkation_ship_number: A32 public_note: ''
23 Sep 1916:	Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 37th Infantry Battalion
27 Feb 1917:	Wounded AIF WW1, Private, 6004, 37th Infantry Battalion, Gunshot wound to left thigh (severe)
16 Mar 1918:	Promoted AIF WW1, Driver, 37th Infantry Battalion
31 Oct 1918:	Transferred AIF WW1, Driver, 39th Infantry Battalion
12 Jan 1919:	Promoted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 39th Infantry Battalion
3 Oct 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Sergeant, 6004, 39th Infantry Battalion

World War 2 Service

25 Mar 1941:	Enlisted Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, V91971, 16 Garrison Battalion (NSW)
29 Apr 1946:	Discharged Australian Military Forces (Army WW2), Sergeant, V91971, 16 Garrison Battalion (NSW)

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