Douglas Wilfred Fusilier 4273547
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Personnel Entry
Name Douglas Wilfred
Army number 4273547
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 22
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 11/8/1943 at Sunkrae on the Siam border whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery Y 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 11/8/1943 of dysentry.
Home address No family information as yet. Buried initially in grave 5, block A, row 3, No.2 Cemetery - Sunkrae.
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