Graham George Fusilier 4263171

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Name Graham George
Army number 4263171
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 41
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 6/1/1943 (CWGC records state 6/6/1943) at Kinsiok, 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 Dysentery 6/6/1943 (Regimental Orders state 6/1/1943).
Home address Son of John George and Margaret Graham. Husband of Florence May Graham who lived at 6, Stanhope Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Buried initially, probably at Kinsiok, by Captain A E Hedley MBE MC of the Battalion. Re-interred in Collective Grave 6. G. 1-67. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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