| Regimental number | 2140 |
| Place of birth | Stockport, South Australia |
| School | Mount Gambier Public School, Mount Gambier, South Australia |
| Religion | Protestant |
| Occupation | Station overseer |
| Address | Edwardstown, South Australia |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 25 |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Watson Dowding, Edwardstown, South Australia |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on enlistment | Private |
| Unit name | 10th Battalion, 6th Reinforcement |
| AWM Embarkation Roll number | 23/27/2 |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A30 Borda on |
| Rank from Nominal Roll | Lance Corporal |
| Unit from Nominal Roll | 3rd Machine Gun Battalion |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of death or wounding | Flers, France |
| Age at death | 26 |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
| Place of burial | Bulls Road Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 24), Flers, France |
| Panel number, Roll of Honour, Australian War Memorial | 177 |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Mary Watson DOWDING, 66, Cremorne Street, Unley, South Australia. Native of Stockport, South Australia |
| Family/military connections | Brother: 3662 Sergeant Kenneth Frank DOWDING MM, 3rd Australian General Hospital, returned to Australia, 19 April 1919. |
Postal Address:
Po Box 7916
Canberra BC 2610, Australia
Street Address:
Northcott Drive,
Campbell, ACT 2600
