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Albert Edwin DOWNTON

Regimental number6074
Place of birthPort Adelaide, South Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressQueenstown, South Australia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Next of kinMother, Mrs Harriet Downton, Old Port Road, Queenston, South Australia
Enlistment date18 September 1916
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name27th Battalion, 17th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/44/4
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Adelaide, South Australia, on board HMAT A19 Afric on 6 November 1916
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll28th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 April 1918
Place of burialDernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot Vi, Row H, Grave No. 26), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
110
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Town. Queenstown, South Australia
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal

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