Collier James Howard Fusilier 4274935 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Collier James Howard
|Army number=4274935
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=25
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, probably at sea en route to Japan.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 12/9/1944.
|Home address=Son of John and Mary Collier of Hillingdon, Middlesex. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial.
}}

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 |Rank=Fusilier
 |Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Date not yet able to be traced definitively - common name.
 |Age=25 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, at sea en route to Japan from Singapore when the transport Rakuyo Maru was sunk by an Allied submarine.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, at sea en route to Japan from Singapore when the transport Rakuyo Maru was sunk by an Allied submarine.
 |Company/Battery=X 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.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
-|Died/Killed in action=DIED - drowned - 12/9/1944.  Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED - drowned - 12/9/1944.  Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial, as his remains were presumably unable to be recovered.  Probate granted 10/4/1946 to John Samson Collier, retired postman.
-|Home address=Son of John and Mary Collier of Hillingdon, Middlesex.
+|Home address=Son of John and Mary Collier of 47, Woodcroft Crescent, Hillingdon, Middlesex.
 }}
 To read a detailed article by the IWM on the sinking of these Japanese transports, please click [https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-sinking-of-prisoner-of-war-transport-ships-in-the-far-east here].