De Roux Manley Ernest Lance Sergeant 4277111
Personnel Entry
Name De Roux Manley Ernest
Army number 4277111
Rank Lance Sergeant
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 40
Unit Enlisted in the Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 8/9/1945 having been a prisoner of the Japanese. Declared MISSING in an aircraft lost en route between Bangkok and Rangoon.
Company/Battery W Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions L/Sgt.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 8/9/1945 - cause of death - fatal air accident. Commemorated on Column 45 of the Singapore Memorial.
Home address Son of Storks McMahon De Roux and Imogene Victoria De Roux of May Pen, Jamaica. Mrs L B Lyon, Claremont House, Claremont, St Anne,
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