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Military service
Service number:
808370
Age:
24
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment)
Division:
31st Bn.
Birth:
September 15, 1892
Parry Sound, Ontario
Enlistment:
January 7, 1916
Calgary, Alberta
Death:
April 9, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. E. 11.
Additional information
Son of William George and Sarah Downing, of North Seguin, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private George Abraham Downing
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Coupure de presse
From the Calgary Herald. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Article de journal
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Photo de George Downing
FROM: Magnetawan Legion Book of Remembrance, 1914 -
Mémorial
Banff (Alberta) War Memorial. Erected by the Mount Rundle chapter of the I.O.D.E. and unveiled September 2nd, 1923 near the Great War Veterans' Association Memorial Hall on Banff avenue. It was made of stone from Mount Rundle. The current memorial includes a pair of World War Two panels with 29 names on either side of a central panel listing 52 World War One names. It is now located at the front wall of the Royal Canadian Legion, Colonel Moore Branch #26, on Banff avenue. -
Banff, Alberta
View of Banff avenue showing the location of the Royal Canadian Legion building - near the Canadian flag. The Banff (Alberta) War Memorial is located outdoors on the front wall of this building. -
Registres de circonstances du décès
Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 709 of 1076.
Digital gallery of
Private George Abraham Downing
Digital gallery of
Private George Abraham Downing
Digital gallery of
Private George Abraham Downing
Digital gallery of
Private George Abraham Downing
Digital gallery of
Private George Abraham Downing
Digital gallery of
Private George Abraham Downing
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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