Cook John Richard Fusilier 4273814
Personnel Entry
Name Cook John Richard
Army number 4273814
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 24
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 30/4/1944 at Chungkai, Siam whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands.
Company/Battery W Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 in Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED of Pellagra 30/4/1944.
Home address Son of John Richard and Agnes Anne Cook of Barrington (?) Colliery Northumberland. Mother lived at 33 Alexandria Road, Bedlington Colliery, Northumberland. Buried initially in grave 1266N Chungkai. Re-interred in grave 2.B.B. Chungkai War Cemetery.
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