Riley Douglas Haig Fusilier 4275457
Personnel Entry
Name Riley Douglas Haig
Army number 4275457
Rank Fusilier
Decorations Not as far as is known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 26 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 16/9/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Kami Sunkrai, Burma-Siam border.
Company/Battery X Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Not as far as is known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 16/9/1943 - cause of death Beri Beri.
Home address Son of George W H Riley and Elizabeth Riley of Whitley Bay, Northumberland. Father lived at 2 Waverly Avenue, Monkseaton. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave B3.Z.10. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
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