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|Surname and forenames=Rich Ernest Hammill
|Army number=89451
|Rank=2nd Lieutenant
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|Age=28
|Unit=Officer Cadet, Durham University Contingent, Senior Division OTC.  Commissioned as a 2/Lt in the Royal Artillery 2/6/1939.  Posted to 125th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Converted to 125th Anti-Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery.  Died as a PoW.
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|Promotions=Lieutenant
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|Prisoner of War=Yes.  Captured Singapore 15/2/1942
|Died/Killed in action=25/2/1944.
|Home address=Son of James and Gertrude Evelyn Rich of Sunderland.  Buried Grave 4.E.13. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery, Thailand.
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