Dodd Joseph Thompson Fusilier 4278543
Personnel Entry
Name Dodd Joseph Thompson
Army number 4278543
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 31
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 31/5/1943 at Sunkrae on the Siam border whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery W 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 31/5/1943 - cause of death not known.
Home address Son of Joseph Cowing Dodd and Jane Dodd. Husband of Mary Dodd who lived at West View, West Woodburn, Hexham, Northumberland. Buried initially in grave C27, Sunkrae. Re-interred in grave B4.N.14. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
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