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| − | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 30/6/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 30/6/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Tonchan South, Siam. |
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| − | |Task or role= | + | |Task or role=Not yet known. |
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| − | |Wounded= | + | |Wounded=Not as far as is known. |
|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 30/6/1943 - cause of death | + | |Died/Killed in action=DIED 30/6/1943 - cause of death Cholera. Interred in Communal Grave 12 (Cholera Cemetery) by Reverend J H Short, Chaplain to the Forces. Re-interred in Collective Grave 6. G. 1-67. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. |
| − | + | |Home address=Son of Robert and Margaret Smith of Coxhoe, County Durham. Mother lived at 3, Commercial Road, Coxhoe. | |
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Revision as of 16:03, 5 June 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Smith James Phorsen
Army number 4270864
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None as far as is known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 27 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 30/6/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Tonchan South, Siam.
Company/Battery Z Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None 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 30/6/1943 - cause of death Cholera. Interred in Communal Grave 12 (Cholera Cemetery) by Reverend J H Short, Chaplain to the Forces. Re-interred in Collective Grave 6. G. 1-67. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
Home address Son of Robert and Margaret Smith of Coxhoe, County Durham. Mother lived at 3, Commercial Road, Coxhoe.
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