Elliot Richard Douglas Fusilier 4273911
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Elliot Richard Douglas
Army number 4273911
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 26
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 6/6/1943 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery X 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 Dysentery 6/6/1943.
Home address Son of Robert and Margaret Elliot of Berwick on Tweed. Father lived at Castle Gardens, Norham on Tweed. Buried initially in grave 128/i by Reverend Alcock at Tarsoa. Re-interred in grave 4.F.59. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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