John Philip DOWNEY

1908 - 1984  (76 years)

• Name	John Philip DOWNEY
  Birth	1908	Palmerston North, Manawatu-Wanganui, New Zealand   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	F4DFE58672CB4D1B814D7828634F73198FDE
  Death	2 Sep 1984	New Zealand   [2]
  Notes	Colin Stewart found the following on ancestry.com in November 2021: New Zealand, World War II Army Nominal Rolls, 1939 - 1948 Name - John Philip Downey Embarkation - 1942 Army Number - 270581 Last Residence - Papatoetoe, New Zealand Relatives Name - Mrs I Downey Relationship - Wife Nominal Roll - 1 June 1942 - 31 December 1942 New Zealand, World War II Army Nominal Rolls, 1939 - 1948  Name - John Philip Downey Embarkation - 1944 Army Number - 240581 Last Residence - Opara, New Zealand Relatives Name - Mrs E. Downey Relationship - Mother Nominal Roll - January 1944 - 31 March 1944 Colin adds: "The question i have now is what happened to his wife as the relatives name changes to his mothers 2 years later. Did she die somewhere between 1942 and 1944 and was the Yvonne we have who died 24 January 2008 his second wife? I tried to research them from what I can but found nothing for either of them so i tried John Philip Downey and again turned up nothing on either wives. I found no death records for any of them either."
  Person ID	I3993	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles Henry DOWNEY,   b. 1 Mar 1878, Foxton, New Zealand d. 5 Aug 1956, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 78 years)
  Mother	Esther Ingles RUSSELL,   b. 1879, New Zealand d. 17 Aug 1966, Wanganui, New Zealand (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1904	New Zealand   [2]
  Family ID	F1324	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Yvonne,   b. Abt 1925   d. 24 Jan 2008 (Age ~ 83 years)
  Family ID	F1502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	18 Nov 2021

  
  

• Sources

  [S470] New Zealand, Birth Index, 1840-1950 at ancestry.com. [S376] Colin Stewart, October 2015 and later.