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|Surname and forenames=Johnston Thomas Purves
|Army number=4274179
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=None known.
|Date of birth=Birth registered 1921 at Berwick.  Mother's maiden surname Robertson.
|Age=22
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 19/7/1943 (CWGC has 18/7/1943) at Non Pladuk, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=Z Company.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED from Myocardiac nephritis 18/7/1943 (Regimental Orders show 19/7/1943).  Buried initially by Reverend C Ross, Chaplain to the Forces at Wat Koke Nor Nong Pladok.  Re-interred 20/4/1946 in Grave 4.G.1. Chungkai War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "O FOR THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND AND THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILL".  Probate granted 10/9/1946 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Thomas Purves Johnston, senior.
|Home address=Son of Thomas Purves Johnston and Helen Smith Johnston of Berwick on Tweed.  Father lived at Palace Green, Berwick on Tweed.  
}}