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{{Personnel
|id=1299
|Surname and forenames=Mason David
|Army number=4456288
|Rank=Private.
|Age=78 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date known but probably late Spring 1939, judging by the Regimental Number.  Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.  Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940 and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served with the B.E.F. in Northern France.  Taken Prisoner of War - probably around 21st May 1940.  Repatriated to the UK.  Transferred to the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders and posted to the 11th Battalion.  Transferred to the Royal Engineers 28/6/45, Authority: Part II Order 11th A & S H 43/45.
|Task or role=Bugler.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - Stalag Number 20A - Torun, Poland.  PoW Number 10525.
|Home address=Worked as a Coal Miner.  Lived at 25, Walker Street, Teams, Gateshead.  Later lived at 65, Wooler Crescent, Gateshead.
|Source table=1TS
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
|Date of birth=10/12/1919 - birth registered January 1920 - mother's maiden surname Temple.
|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Band.  "Action" role would probably have been as a stretcher-bearer.
|Joined Brigade=1/9/1939.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Death registered June 1998, Northumberland Central.
}}