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|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
 
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
 
|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in an Allied Air Raid 8/12/1944, 190 Kilometres along the Siam/Burma railway.
 
|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in an Allied Air Raid 8/12/1944, 190 Kilometres along the Siam/Burma railway.
|Home address=Wife lived at 119 Corbridge Street, Byker.  Buried by Captain R Robertson of the Federation of Malay States Volunteer Force.
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|Home address=Son of Isaac Alexander Calvert and Elizabeth Calvert.  Husband of Lily Mary Calvert of Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne.  Wife lived at 119 Corbridge Street, Byker.  Buried by Captain R Robertson of the Federation of Malay States Volunteer Force.  Re-interred in Collective Grave 5. A. 1-47 in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
 
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Personnel Entry

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Name Calvert Alexander John
Army number 4275793
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 27
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 8/12/1944 whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands.
Company/Battery Y 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 KILLED in an Allied Air Raid 8/12/1944, 190 Kilometres along the Siam/Burma railway.
Home address Son of Isaac Alexander Calvert and Elizabeth Calvert. Husband of Lily Mary Calvert of Byker, Newcastle upon Tyne. Wife lived at 119 Corbridge Street, Byker. Buried by Captain R Robertson of the Federation of Malay States Volunteer Force. Re-interred in Collective Grave 5. A. 1-47 in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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