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Military service
Service number:
524745
Age:
35
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
Division:
7th Bn.
Birth:
June 24, 1885
Death:
September 2, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. A. 34
Additional information
Husband of Florence M. Downey, of Whytecliff, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Albert John Downey
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Photo of Albert John Downey
Albert John was a long distance runner. He won many medals in amateur athletics races. -
Cemetery
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Cemetery
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Grave Marker
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Circumstances of death registers
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 673 of 1076. -
Newspaper clipping
From the Vancouver Daily Province November 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Halifax Evening Mail September 1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Ne
Digital gallery of
Private Albert John Downey
Digital gallery of
Private Albert John Downey
Digital gallery of
Private Albert John Downey
Digital gallery of
Private Albert John Downey
Digital gallery of
Private Albert John Downey
Digital gallery of
Private Albert John Downey
Digital gallery of
Private Albert John Downey
Digital gallery of
Private Albert John Downey
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 399 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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