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Military service
Service number:
153387
Age:
25
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Division:
43rd Bn.
Birth:
March 29, 1891
Death:
June 5, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 24 - 26 - 28 - 30
Digital gallery of Private John 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. -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … 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 701 of 1076. He was buried at the extreme Eastern Corner of Maple Copse, inside the Wood, ¾ miles East of Zillebeke, 2 ¼ miles East South East of Ypres, Belgium. Subsequently, his grave could not be found, hence his sacrifice is commemorated on the Menin Gate.
Digital gallery of
Private John Downie
Digital gallery of
Private John Downie
Digital gallery of
Private John Downie
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