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Fred Downes

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772405
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Perry Mount Park Cemetery, Pontiac, Michigan, U.S.A.
Commemorated at: 
St. Paul's United Church
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Greater London
Birth city: 
London
Address at enlistment: 
30 Lewis Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
30 Lewis Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Tinsmith
Religious denominations: 
Church of England
Marital status: 
Married
Age at enlistment: 
33

Letters and documents

BX December 29, 1938

Frederick J. Downes

Frederick John Downes, a former resident of Brantford, passed away on Christmas Day in the General Hospital in Pontiac, Michigan, after five days’ illness with pneumonia, Mr. Downes was born in London, England and came to Canada in 1909.  He lived in Brantford at 30 Lewis Street, and in 1924 moved to Pontiac.  He was a war veteran, enlisting in the 125th Battalion. Mr. Downes was fifty-seven years of age.  He was a painter by trade.  Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Florence G. Downes, two sons, Frederick C. Downes and Stanley E. Downes, and two daughters, Mrs. Robert Allison and Miss Florence C. Downes, all in Pontiac.  The funeral was conducted Wednesday afternoon with Rev. B. G. Burt in charge of the services in All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Perry Mount Park Cemetery, Pontiac.

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