Dunbar Alan Fusilier 4273273

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Name Dunbar Alan
Army number 4273273
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 28
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 24/8/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery HO 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 of Beri Beri and Malnutrition 24/8/1943.
Home address Son of James and Mary Jane Dunbar of Alnmouth, Northumberland. Brother lived at Bilton, Alnmouth. Buried initially in grave 291N at Chungkai by Reverend Thompson. Re-interred in grave 5.K.5. Chungkai War Cemetery.
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