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| − | |Age=27 | + | |Age=27 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 28/5/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 28/5/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Kanchanaburi, Siam. |
| − | |Company/Battery= | + | |Company/Battery=Z Company. |
| − | |Task or role= | + | |Task or role=Not yet known. |
| − | |Promotions= | + | |Promotions=None known. |
| − | |Wounded= | + | |Wounded=Not so 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 28/5/1943 - cause of death | + | |Died/Killed in action=DIED 28/5/1943 - cause of death Dysentery. Interred in Grave 11, Kanchanaburi. Re-interred in grave 2.F.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. |
| − | + | |Home address=Father lived at Gallowgate Cottages, Norham on Tweed, Northumberland. | |
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Revision as of 10:56, 6 June 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Wait Thomas
Army number 4273895
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None 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 28/5/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Kanchanaburi, Siam.
Company/Battery Z Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 28/5/1943 - cause of death Dysentery. Interred in Grave 11, Kanchanaburi. Re-interred in grave 2.F.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
Home address Father lived at Gallowgate Cottages, Norham on Tweed, Northumberland.
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