Coutts John Fusilier 4271203
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Coutts John
Army number 4271203
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 25
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 22/9/1943 at Kami Sunkrae on the Burma-Siam border whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands.
Company/Battery Not known
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 from Beri Beri 22/9/1943.
Home address Son of John and Annie Coutts of Ford, Northumberland. Mother lived at Crookham, Eastfield, Cornhill on Tweed. Buried initially in grave 96, Sunkrae. Re-interred in grave B4.S.17, Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
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