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Military service
Service number:
307740
Age:
21
Rank:
Gunner
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Field Artillery
Division:
43rd Bty. 10th Bde.
Birth:
October 18, 1894
Death:
August 10, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
VI. G. 3.
Additional information
Son of James and Helen Brown Downie of Melita, Manitoba.
Digital gallery of Gunner Kenneth Brown Downie
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Newspaper clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me. -
Roll of Service
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921. -
Photo of Kenneth Brown Downie
From: The Varsity Magazine Supplement published by The Students Administrative Council, University of Toronto 1916. Submitted for the Soldiers' Tower Committee, University of Toronto, by Operation Picture Me. -
Memorial Room
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo: David Pike, 2010. -
The Soldiers' Tower
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of "Gnr K. B. Downie 10th Bde C.F.A." is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, shown at photo left. Photo: K. Parks. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens 2010) -
Railway Dugouts Burial Ground
The Railway Dugouts Burial Ground Cemetery, located approximately 3 kilometres to the south of Ieper, Belgium. May they rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker ... Railway Dugouts Burial Ground … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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 705 of 1076. -
Memorial
University of Toronto Forestry Building, faculty memorial tablet 1914 – 1918 In Memory Of the members of The Faculty of Forestry Who Gave their lives in the Great War 1926-01-19 -
Photo of KENNETH BROWN DOWNIE
Picture from the Fallen listed on the University of Toronto Forestry Building, faculty memorial plaque and In Memoriam photo of Graduates and Undergraduates of the Faculty of Forestry Killed in Action -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 1 issue of the Free Press Prairie Farmer newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Brown Downie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Brown Downie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Brown Downie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Brown Downie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Brown Downie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Brown Downie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Brown Downie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Brown Downie
Digital gallery of
Gunner Kenneth Brown Downie
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