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...
Captain in the Royal Regiment of Artillery. Awarded the Victoria Cross for bravery at Sebastopol on 17th April 1855.
Pilot. Born Robin McGregor Waterston in Edinburgh. He joined 603 Squadron, Auxiliary Air Force at Turnhouse in 1937, and was called to full-time service on August 24th 1939. Shot down over Woolwich...
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