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Rupert Downes Rupert Downes i(A120939 works by) (a.k.a. Rupert Major-General Downes)
Born: Established: 1885 ; Died: Ceased: 1945
Gender: Male
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Australian army doctor in World War I and World War II. Downes established medical services that improved the treatment of ill and wounded soldiers. He died in a plane crash off the coast of Cairns, Queensland.

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