Chisholm Thomas William Fusilier 4273974 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Chisholm Thomas William (Regimental Orders show initials as TEW).
|Army number=4273974
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=23
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 1/12/1943 at Kanchanaburi, Siam, whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands.
|Company/Battery=Z Company.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 1/12/1943 - cause of death not known.
|Home address=Father lived at Fenwick Steads, Belford. Buried initially in grave C6 Ben Ben.
}}

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 |Army number=4273974
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered Q3, 1920, Glendale, Northumberland.  Mother's maiden surname Lindsay.
-|Age=23
+|Age=23 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  DIED 1/12/1943 at Kanchanaburi, Siam, whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 1/12/1943 at Kanchanaburi, Siam, whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands.
 |Company/Battery=Z Company.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=
+|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
-|Died/Killed in action=DIED 1/12/1943 From Beri Beri.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 1/12/1943 - cause of death - Beri Beri.  Buried initially in grave C6 at the Base Hospital Cemetery, Kanchanaburi.  Re-interred 7/1/1946 in Grave 2.A.33. in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  No headstone inscription.
-|Home address=No family details given, other then that father lived at Fenwick Steads, Belford.  Buried initially in grave C6 Kanchanaburi.  Re-interred in grave 2.A.33. in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
+|Home address=No family details given, other than that his father lived at Fenwick Steads, Belford.
 }}

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 |Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
 |Died/Killed in action=DIED 1/12/1943 From Beri Beri.
-|Home address=Father lived at Fenwick Steads, Belford.  Buried initially in grave C6 Kanchanaburi.
+|Home address=No family details given, other then that father lived at Fenwick Steads, Belford.  Buried initially in grave C6 Kanchanaburi.  Re-interred in grave 2.A.33. in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
 }}