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VC309   John Thornton Down

BORN   2 March 1842

DIED   27 April 1866  AGE   24

VC Won  2 October 1863   AGE   21

Place VC Won   Pontoko, New Zealand

War/Campaign  Waikato-Hauhau Maori War

Name   John Thornton Down   No.    

VC Issue No.   309   Awards   VC   

Regiment   57th Regiment

Later   Middlesex Regiment

Now   Princess Of Wales Royal Regiment

Rank VC Won   Ensign

Rank End Of Career   Ensign

Place Of Birth   Fulham, London, England

Place Of Death   Camp Otahuhu, near Auckland, New Zealand

Buried/Location Ashes   Holy Trinity Memorial Park, Church Street, Otahuhu, South Auckland, New Zealand

Cremated

Date Buried/Cremated   

Headstone   Headstone   Plot/Grave no.   Anglican Section, Block B, Plot 24

Gazetted   22 September 1864

VC Presented   1864, GOC New Zealand, Sir D Cameron, Auckland, New Zealand

Memorials

Headstone, Holy Trinity Memorial Park, Church Street, Otahuhu, South Auckland, New Zealand

P  Named on Regimental tablet at St Paul's Cathedral, London

By The Way…

Otahuhu, were John Down is buried is in Auckland, North Island, New Zealand

VC Held By

Not known

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