Castle Joseph Fusilier 4275798
Personnel Entry
Name Castle Joseph
Army number 4275798
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 26
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 19/10/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, (CWGC shows date of death as 29/10/1943) whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery X 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 of malnutrition and avitaminosis 29/10/1943 (Regimental records show date of death as 19/10/1943).
Home address No details known of family. Father lived at 58, Howe Street, Gateshead. Buried by Father Cowan, Chaplain to the Forces, initially in grave 370N, Chungkai, Siam. Re-interred in grave 9.A.12 in Chungkai War Cemetery.
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