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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Tait John
|Army number=4271077
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=None known.
|Date of birth=Researc h suggests birth registered 1916 in Glendale, Northumberland; mother's maiden surname Kerr.
|Age=27 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 9/3/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Tarsoa, Siam.
|Company/Battery=Z Company.
|Task or role=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 9/3/1944 - cause of death Quinine convulsions.  Interred Grave 460/2 Tarsoa No. 2 Cemetery.  Re-interred 1/3/1946 in Grave 4.D.47. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "ASLEEP IN JESUS".
|Home address=Son of George and Margaret Tait of Cornhill, Northumberland.  Mother lived at Ford Westfield, Berwick upon Tweed.   
}}
  

Fusilier John Tait appears to be the brother of Fusilier William Tait, who Died at Nakom Paton on 5th June 1945.