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DOWNS, Henry Clyde
Personal Details
Service Number: | QX33838 |
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Enlisted: | 28 July 1941 |
Last Rank: | Captain |
Last Unit: | 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
Born: | Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, 14 June 1906 |
Home Town: | Malanda, Tablelands, Queensland |
Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
Occupation: | Company Manager / Secretary, N.Q. Co-Op Dairy Producers Marketing Federation |
Died: | Killed in Action, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Pacific Islands, 10 June 1945, aged 38 years |
Cemetery: |
No known grave - "Known Unto God" Commemorated: - Panel 5, Port Moresby (Bomana) War Cemetery, Bomana, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. |
Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Brisbane 31/51 Australian Infantry Battalion (AIF) Roll of Honour, Cairns - 31/51 Australian Infantry Battalion, Malanda Eacham Memorial Gates, Port Moresby (Bomana) Memorial |
Service History
World War 2 Service
3 Sep 1939: | Involvement Captain, QX33838 | |
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28 Jul 1941: | Enlisted | |
13 Sep 1941: | Enlisted QX33838, 31/51 (amalgamated) Infantry Battalion AMF |
Personal Stories
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Dianne Black
Parents: - Son of Matthew Downs and Mary Ann Tulk married 4th May 1904 at the Methodist Parsonage in Lismore, New South Wales.
Wife: - Minnie Etta "Pat" Reeves (married 27th December 1978 in St James Cathedral, Townsville, Queensland), of Southport, Queensland.