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Private ROBERT DOWNES

Service Number: B/74294
Regiment & Unit/Ship

48th Highlanders of Canada, R.C.I.C.

Date of Death

Died 06 August 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

C, E, 329.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Downes, of Toronto, Ontario.
  • Personal Inscription YOU ARE ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS EVEN THOUGH YOU'RE FAR AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

AGIRA CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 490
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