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DOWNING, WALTER HUBERT

Person: id 42535

University connections

UMelb

Event flag

World War I

Family name

DOWNING

Given name(s)

WALTER HUBERT

Initials

W.H.

Gender

Male

Early education

DOWNING, W.H. : Scotch College

Tertiary education

DOWNING W.H. : Law.LL.B., 1921, University of Melbourne

Start date

1912

Combined start dates

1912

Military service

DOWNING W.H. : Military and health.Sailed: Private 28 Jan 1916DOWNING W.H. : Specific terms.Demobilised: 29 May 1919

Survived

Survived WWI

Occupations

DOWNING W.H. : Solicitor 1924 - 1935 Private Practice @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]DOWNING W.H. : Solicitor - 1928 Downing and Williams @ Melbourne [ VIC Australia ]DOWNING W.H. : Legal Staff Officer 1924 - 1935 Australian Army Legal Department

Other events

DOWNING W.H. : Specific terms.Awarded the Dublin Prize 1921 - @ University of Melbourne : Parkville [ VIC Australia ]DOWNING W.H. : Specific terms.Admitted to the Bar 3 Oct 1921

Death

DOWNING W.H. : Death 30 Oct 1965 @ Repatriation General Hospital : Heidelberg [ VIC Australia ]

OCRd book entry or other narrative

DOWNING, WALTER HUBERT. 1912.
S.C.; Queen's; 3rd year LL.B.; lacrosse blue.
30.9.15; sailed 28.1.16, Pte. 7th Btn.; to 57th Btn. 1.4.16; L/Cpl. 21.7.16; Cpl. 14.8.16; L Sgt. 10.4.17; Sgt. 18.11.18. Awarded M.M. Demob. 29.5.19.

Year commenced - MELBOURNE UNI ONLY

1912

Publications

Walter Downing completed the two books on which his reputation rests: Digger Dialects (1919), a lexicon of Australian idiom in World War I, and To the Last Ridge (1920), a series of vignettes of life in the trenches and behind the lines. He edited Melbourne University Magazine and was awarded the university's Dublin prize in 1921.ADB

ADB Entry ID

10682

Discovering Anzacs

http://discoveringanzacs.naa.gov.au/browse/person/152333

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http://ww1scvstories.com.au/pdf/DOWNING,%20Walter%20Hubert.pdf

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