High Commissioner for Australia 1964-72. Â Known as Alick and not to be confused with his son, Alexander John Gosse Downer (b.1951) who was also High Commissioner from 2014 to 2018.
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He died, aged 70 years, on 30 March 1981 and was in the North Road Cemetery, Cemetery Avenue, Nailsworth South Australia, Australia.
Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.
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Sir Alexander Russell Downer, KBE
{On the west side, beneath the relief depicting a scene with 5 people on a sh...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Died in WW1 serving in the 22nd Battalion, The London Regiment.
Employed at the Holloway tram garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
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