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Personal data

• Name DOWNIE
• Initials JA
• First name JOHN ALEXANDER
• Place of birth Edinburgh
• Country Scotland
• Family Husband of Alice Hood Downie, of 16, Waverley Place, Edinburgh.
• Extra info Formerly 23068, Cameron Highlanders.

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment Edinburgh
• Service number S/40461
• Rank Private
• Regiment and unit 2nd Bn. Gordon Highlanders
• Division - Brigade 20 Brigade
• Army - Corps - Division 7th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career also served in the Cameron Highlanders Regiment

Death

• Type of wounds Died of wounds
• Date of death 27 October 1917
• Died at the age of 39
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXI - G - 8A
• Related (battlefield) cemeteries for this unit & period HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

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