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Cenotaph record

Henry Downes

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Downes AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 62743 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    27 June 1895 AWMM Temuka, South Canterbury AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 Temuka, Canterbury AWMM
  • Post war occupation
    Saddler AWMM
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs T. C. Downes (mother), Temuka, Canterbury AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 62743 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Saddler AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Henry Battersby Downes, born on 21 June 1895 at Temuka, was the son of Thomas Chadwick and Mary (née Brosnahan) Downes. In April 1914 at the Temuka Magistrate's Court, Henry Battersby Downes was noted as taking a prominent part in the anti-militarist business. He had done no cadet training since 2 June 1913. Biography provided by the Timaru Museum SCRoll project. AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    15 April 1958 AWMM
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  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch Block 22, Plot 137 AWMM
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  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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