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Sergeant NORMAN OSCAR DOWNING

Service Number: 4279
Regiment & Unit/Ship

8th Mounted Rifles (Midlandse Ruiters)

Date of Death

Died 18 January 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TARKASTAD CEMETERY

C.E. Sec. Row 7.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of George Steven Downing and the late Kate Sarah Downing. Born at Tarkasud, Cape Province.
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Buried or commemorated at

TARKASTAD CEMETERY
Eastern Cape South Africa
Number of casualties: 4
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