Burnett Alan Fusilier 4274209
Personnel Entry
Name Burnett Alan
Army number 4274209
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 29
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED as a prisoner in Japanese hands 19/7/1943.
Company/Battery Z Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 19/7/1943 at Tonchan, Siam. Cause of death not known.
Home address Son of Moses Alan Burnett and Ellen Burnett of Berwick-on-Tweed. Father lived at East Ord, Berwick upon Tweed. Buried by Acting Major E W Swanton of 148th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, initially in grave 97 at Tonchan, Siam. Re-interred in grave 8.D.8 Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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