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Son of James Frederick and Lillian Alice Downer, of Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Cadet Harry Albert Downer
Digital gallery of
Cadet Harry Albert Downer
Grave of the Downer family and that of
Driver & Cadet 339577 & 70420 Harry Albert Downer who served with the 68th Field Battery Canadian Field Artillery C.E.F. and larer with the Royal Flying Corps 42nd Wing.
He was born in Vancouver BC on Dec. 17th 1897. He first enlisted into the C.E.F. at Vancouver BC on Feb. 24th 1917 listing his occupation as "Law Student" he was later sent to the Royal Flying Corps for trainng as a flying officer. He was killed in a training accident on Sept. 14th 1917 at the age of 19. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
Digital gallery of
Cadet Harry Albert Downer
Memorial cross in the cemetery where
Driver & Cadet 339577 & 70420 Harry Albert Downer who served with the 68th Field Battery Canadian Field Artillery C.E.F. and larer with the Royal Flying Corps 42nd Wing was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
Digital gallery of
Cadet Harry Albert Downer
From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Cadet Harry Albert Downer
From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Grave of the Downer family and that of Driver & Cadet 339577 & 70420 Harry Albert Downer who served with the 68th Field Battery Canadian Field Artillery C.E.F. and larer with the Royal Flying Corps 42nd Wing. He was born in Vancouver BC on Dec. 17th 1897. He first enlisted into the C.E.F. at Vancouver BC on Feb. 24th 1917 listing his occupation as "Law Student" he was later sent to the Royal Flying Corps for trainng as a flying officer. He was killed in a training accident on Sept. 14th 1917 at the age of 19. He was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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Memorial cross in the cemetery where Driver & Cadet 339577 & 70420 Harry Albert Downer who served with the 68th Field Battery Canadian Field Artillery C.E.F. and larer with the Royal Flying Corps 42nd Wing was laid to rest in the Mountain View cemetery of Vancouver BC.
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From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Vancouver Daily Province September 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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Commemorated on:
Page 576 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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VANCOUVER (MOUNTAIN VIEW) CEMETERY British Columbia, Canada
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