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|Date of birth=Birth registered 1916, Rothbury, Northumberland; mother's maiden surname Hutchison.
|Age=26
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|Age=26 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 9/8/1942 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese - location unknown.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya.  DIED 9/8/1942 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese - location Changi, Singapore.
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|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
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|Task or role=Quartermaster Sergeant.
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|Promotions=Staff Sergeant - according to CWGC records.
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|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
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|Prisoner of War=Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 9/8/1942 - cause of death not known.
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|Died/Killed in action=DIED 9/8/1942 - cause of death Acute Faucial Diphtheria.  Initially interred Changi Cemetery (C-E-1).  Re-interred 24/4/1946 in Grave 10.A.19. Kranji War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM".  Probate granted 16/12/1946 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Margaret Ormston (mother).
|Home address=Son of James Logan Ormston and Margaret Ormston of Snitter, Northumberland.  No details of initial intermentRe-interred grave 10.A.19. Kranji War Cemetery.
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|Home address=Son of James Logan Ormston and Margaret Ormston of Snitter, Northumberland.  Father lived at Snitter, Thropton.   
 
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Personnel Entry

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Name Ormston James
Army number 4273564
Rank Sergeant
Decorations None yet known.
Date of birth Birth registered 1916, Rothbury, Northumberland; mother's maiden surname Hutchison.
Age 26 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 9/8/1942 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese - location Changi, Singapore.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Quartermaster Sergeant.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Staff Sergeant - according to CWGC records.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
Died/Killed in action DIED 9/8/1942 - cause of death Acute Faucial Diphtheria. Initially interred Changi Cemetery (C-E-1). Re-interred 24/4/1946 in Grave 10.A.19. Kranji War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER HIM". Probate granted 16/12/1946 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Margaret Ormston (mother).
Home address Son of James Logan Ormston and Margaret Ormston of Snitter, Northumberland. Father lived at Snitter, Thropton.
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