Brown Frank Lance Corporal 4274207 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Brown Frank
|Army number=4274207
|Rank=Lance Corporal
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=23
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands 29/11/1944.
|Company/Battery=HO Company.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - taken prisoner at Singapore 15/2/1942.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Blackwater Fever at Onte Bridge, near Brankasi, Siam 29/11/1944.
|Home address=Father lived at The Croft, Whittingham..
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 |Army number=4274207
 |Rank=Lance Corporal
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Exact date not yet known.
-|Age=23
+|Age=23 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  DIED whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands 29/11/1944.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands 29/11/1944.
-|Company/Battery=HO Company.
+|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=Lance Corporal.
-|Wounded=
+|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - taken prisoner at Singapore 15/2/1942.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - taken prisoner at Singapore 15/2/1942 when the force was surrendered.
-|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Blackwater Fever at Onte Bridge, near Brankasi, Siam 29/11/1944.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Blackwater Fever at Onte Bridge, near Brankasi, Siam 29/11/1944.  Interred in Onte Grave No.1.  Re-interred 7/2/1946 in Grave 2.G.71. in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL REMEMBER".
-|Home address=Son of George and Caroline Brown of Whittingham, Northumberland.  Father lived at The Croft, Whittingham.  No details available of initial interment.  Re-interred in grave 2.G.71. in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Son of George and Caroline Brown of Whittingham, Northumberland.  Father lived at The Croft, Whittingham.
 }}