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DOWNES, Henry
(Service number 62743)

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Birth

Date	27 June 1895	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Temuka, Canterbury
Occupation	Saddler
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs T. C. DOWNES (mother), Temuka, Canterbury
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

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Prisoner of War Information

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Post-war Occupations

Saddler

Death

Date	15 April 1958	Age	62 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 22, Plot 137
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

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.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [05 March 2017]; Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch burial record (Christchurch City Council) [05 March 2017]; Temuka Leader, 2 April 1914 (Papers Past) [04 March 2017]

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