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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 28/10/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese - location Sunkrae on Burma-Siam border according to Regimental notes.
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|Prisoner of War=Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
 
|Prisoner of War=Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 28/10/1943 - cause of death not known.
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|Died/Killed in action=DIED 28/10/1943 - cause of death Beri Beri.
|Home address=Son of John Taylor Newton and Eleanor Newton of Outchester, Northumberland.  No details of initial interment.  Re-interred in grave B4.G.14. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
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|Home address=Son of John Taylor Newton and Eleanor Newton of Outchester, Northumberland.  Mother lived at Outchester, Belford, Northumberland.  Initial interment in Sunkrae Grave No. 2 Row 1.  Re-interred in grave B4.G.14. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
 
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Personnel Entry

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Name Newton Mark
Army number 4274091
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 23
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 28/10/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese - location Sunkrae on Burma-Siam border according to Regimental notes.
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 28/10/1943 - cause of death Beri Beri.
Home address Son of John Taylor Newton and Eleanor Newton of Outchester, Northumberland. Mother lived at Outchester, Belford, Northumberland. Initial interment in Sunkrae Grave No. 2 Row 1. Re-interred in grave B4.G.14. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
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