“When you go home, tell them of us and say, for your tomorrow we gave our today.”
World War 2
Name
service number
Unit / Ship /
Squadran
Rank
held / Captured By
Comments
DOWELL,
WILLIAM
SELBY
VX4800
2/7 INFBn
Private
GERMAN
Held Stalag VIIA & Stalag 344 POW number 92687 RTA
DOWER,
JOHN
SAMUEL
NX57342
2/18 INFBn
Private
Japanese
Held Blakang Mati Island RTA
DOWER,
LESLIE
FRANKLIN
VX40994
2/23 Bn 9 DIV HQ
Private
ITALIAN
Held Gargaresc, Campo 59, Campo 57 & Campo 106 escaped to Switzerland RTA
DOWIE,
DONALD
ALEXANDER
649
RAAF 1 Sqn
Flight Lieutenant
Japanese
"H" Force recovered Singapore RTA
DOWIE,
JAMES
WILLIAM
VX23511
2/2 Pioneer Bn
Private
Japanese
Died Burma 19/2/1944
DOWLAND,
WALTER
VX23948
2/9 Field Ambulance
Private
Japanese
Held Manchuria Hoten China Work Party RTA
DOWLEY,
FRANCIS
EDWARD
NX51208
2/30 INFBn
Private
Japanese
Held Malaya RTA
DOWLING,
ERIC
NX54321
2 Coy AASC
Private
Japanese
Died Borneo 6/3/1945
DOWLING,
FOCH
MARK
TX3747
2/40 INFBn
Private
Japanese
Held Thailand & Timor RTA
DOWLING,
FRANK
BARTLEY
TX5080
2/40 INFBn
Private
Japanese
Died Thailand 9/9/1943
DOWLING,
GILBERT
LESLIE
412500
RAAF 51 Sqn
Flying Officer
Interned Spain
Evaded Capture and was interned. Held Benasque and Las Capunchimas Prisons. Repatriated to Britian 6/11/1943 via British & American Embassy. Awarded DFC
DOWLING,
JAMES
AMBROSE
WX557
2/11 Bn
Private
GERMAN
Captured Greece held Stalag IXB & Stalag IXC POW number 6622 RTA
DOWLING,
JOHN
JAMES
WX354
2/11 Bn
Private
GERMAN
Held Stalag XIIIC POW number 10124 RTA
DOWLING,
JOHN
WILLIAM
QX18086
2/10 Field REGT
Gunner
Japanese
Held Thailand & Malaya RTA
DOWLING,
KEVIN
NX47564
2/30 INFBn
Private
Japanese
Held Malaya RTA
DOWLING,
PETER
GORDEN
SX11419
Heavy Battery Rabaul
Bombardier
Japanese
Died 1/7/1942 when the Montevideo Maru was sunk by the USS Sturgeon
DOWLING,
TOM
DOUGLASS
VX45002
4 ANTI-TANK REGT
Sergeant
Japanese
Held Thailand & Malaya RTA
DOWN,
JOHN
FREDERICK
NX60079
8 DIV HQ Royal Australian Artillery
Lance Sergeant
Japanese
Held Osaka Japan RTA
DOWN,
RONALD
VINCENT
VX57125
2/2 Pioneer Bn
Private
Japanese
Died Burma 27/9/1943
DOWN,
THOMAS
HENRY
QX14727
2/10 Field REGT
Sergeant
Japanese
Died Borneo 5/1/1945
DOWNER,
ALEXANDER
RUSSELL
SX10422
8 DIV HQ Artillery
Gunner
Japanese
Held Malaya RTA
DOWNES,
HARRY
WRAITH
WX11159
2/6 Field Park Coy
Lieutenant
Japanese
Died Thailand 23/7/1943
DOWNES,
IVAN
GREGORY
VX64357
2/10 Ordnance Workshop Coy
Private
Japanese
Died Borneo 12/4/1945
DOWNES,
WILLIAM
VX9845
2/2 Pioneer Btn
Warrant Officer
Japanese
WO2 Rakuyo Maru Survivor held Tokyo Japan Awarded Military Medal RTA
DOWNEY,
BURNLEY
EDMUND
VX14652
HQ 1 Corps
Private
GERMAN
Captured Greece held Stalag VB & Stalag VIIIB POW number 16470 RTA
DOWNEY,
HAROLD
ARTHUR
NX31046
74 Light Aid Detachment
Lance Corporal
Japanese
Died Borneo 8/2/1945
DOWNEY,
ROBERT
ARNOLD
VX41950
2/29 INFBn
Private
Japanese
Held Thailand RTA
DOWNEY,
THOMAS
LOCKLAND
VX26308
2/19 INFBn
Private
Japanese
Rakuyo Maru Survivor picked up by USS Sealion RTA
DOWNHAM,
HARRY
THEMIS
NX46669
2/1 MGBn
Private
GERMAN
Captured Crete held Stalag VIIIB now Stalag 344 POW number 22857 RTA
DOWNIE,
GEORGE
EDGAR
NX58062
2/5 AGH
Private
GERMAN
Captured Greece held Stalag 344 & Stalag XIIIC POW number 24726 RTA