Johnson Lewis Fusilier 4278447

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Name Johnson Lewis
Army number 4278447
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 29
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 13/4/1942 at Changi, Singapore, 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 of Dysentery 13/4/1942.
Home address Son of Lewis and M A Johnson. Husband of A Johnson who lived at 70 Chandos Street, Gateshead. Buried initially by Reverend E W B Cordingly, Chaplain to the Forces. Re-interred in grave 7.C.10. Kranji War Cemetery.
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