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Trooper CHARLES ERNEST DOWNEY

Service Number: 1543
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Australian Light Horse

12th

Date of Death

Died 18 April 1919

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

H. 35.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service Australian
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Patrick and Mary Downey, of Bimbi, New South Wales.
  • Personal Inscription HAVE MERCY UPON HIM LORD AND LET PERPETUAL LIGHT SHINE UPON HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

CAIRO WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2411
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