Tonkinson Sidney Fusilier 4278917
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Personnel Entry
Name Tonkinson Sidney
Army number 4278917
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 28
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 9/6/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location unknown.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
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 9/6/1943 - cause of death unknown.
Home address Son of Robert Henry and Edith Tonkinson of Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, County Durham. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 4.F.61. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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