Long John Robert Fusilier 4275862
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Personnel Entry
Name Long John Robert
Army number 4275862
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 25
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 19/11/1942 at Wampo, Siam, 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 from Dysentery 19/11/1942.
Home address Mother lived at 18, Back Havelock Street, South Shields. Buried initially in grave 4, Wampo.
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