Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 23 years 3 months
Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 16 February 1916 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 1156 view online service record
Address:
200 Nott Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Ellen Downard (mother)
200 Nott Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 20 June 1916
Ship: HMAT Runic A54
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 38th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
RTA: Monday, 23 September 1918
Discharged: Tuesday, 10 December…
Place of Birth: Richmond, VIC
Age: 24 years 4 months
Enlistment Details: Wednesday, 19 August 1914 - Albert Park, VIC
Service Number: 707/14161/7240 view online service record
Address:
283 Ross Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Annie Downer (mother)
283 Ross Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 21 October 1914
Ship: HMAT Orvieto A3
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
RTA: Sunday, 20 April 1919
Discharged: Tuesday, 8…
Place of Birth: unknown
Age: unknown
Enlistment Details: Royal Horse Artillery, England
Service Number: unknown
Next of Kin:
Annie Downer (mother)
283 Ross Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Fate:
unknown
Awards:
MM
Brother of Charles 'Dhobi' Downer
George wrote to his mother from the front in September 1914.
1914 'LETTERS FROM THE FRONT.', Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1920), 21 November, p. 3, viewed 9 March, 2015, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91168497
1916 'ELECTRIC SPARKS', Port Melbourne Standard…
R Downer is listed on the Swimming Club Honour Roll.
1916 'ROLL OF HONOR.', Port Melbourne Standard (Vic. : 1914 - 1920), 25 November, p. 2. , viewed 12 Aug 2019, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article91164781
Place of Birth: Burnley, VIC
Age: 23 years
Enlistment Details: Saturday, 3 July 1915 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 3816 view online service record
Address: 287 Ross Street Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin: Johana Downer (wife) 287 Ross Street Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details: Date: Tuesday, 8 February 1916 …
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 32 years 11 months
Enlistment Details: Friday, 26 March 1915 - Liverpool, NSW
Service Number: 2075 view online service record
Address:
Post Office c/o QV Markets, George Street
Sydney, NSW
Next of Kin:
Annie Holden (aunt)
c/o Mrs Angus
Stawell, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 13 April 1915
Ship: HMAT Kyarra A55
Port: Sydney, NSW
Unit: 2nd Infantry Battalion - 5th Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Wednesday,…
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 18 years 8 months
Enlistment Details: Thursday, 17 September 1914 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 3216 view online service record
Address:
31 Francis Street
Ascot Vale, VIC
Next of Kin:
W H Drayson (father)
31 Francis Street
Ascot Vale, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 22 December 1914
Ship: HMAT Borda A30
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 2nd Field Artillery Brigade - 1st Reinforcements
Fate:
RTA: Tuesday, 8…
Place of Birth: Port Melbourne, VIC
Age: 22 years 1 month
Enlistment Details: Saturday, 12 August 1916 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 6737 view online service record
Address:
Spotswood, VIC
Next of Kin:
Amelia Drayton (wife)
Spotswood, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Wednesday, 25 October 1916
Ship: HMAT Ulysses A38
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 5th Infantry Battalion - 22nd Reinforcements
Fate:
DOW: Tuesday, 2 October 1917
Place: 2nd Canadian Casualty Clearing Station,…
Place of Birth: Port Arlington, VIC
Age: 38 years 5 months
Enlistment Details: Thursday, 27 January 1916 - unknown
Service Number: 1872A view online service record
Address:
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Ethel Edwards (sister)
73 Alfred Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Tuesday, 4 April 1916
Ship: HMAT Euripides A14
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 46th Infantry Battalion - 2nd Reinforcements
Fate:
DOD: Wednesday, 2 January 1918
Place: France
Private, 46…
Place of Birth: Melbourne, VIC
Age: 33 years 11 months
Enlistment Details: Monday, 29 March 1915 - Melbourne, VIC
Service Number: 872 view online service record
Address:
163 Liardet Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Next of Kin:
Jane Dredge
163 Liardet Street
Port Melbourne, VIC
Embarkation Details:
Date: Monday, 10 May 1915
Ship: HMAT Euripides A14
Port: Melbourne, VIC
Unit: 24th Infantry Battalion
Fate:
RTA: Sunday, 9 March 1919
Discharged: Sunday, 22 June…