Condon Dennis Aster Gunner 926807 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Condon Dennis Aster
|Army number=926807
|Rank=Gunner
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
|Age=32 at the time of his death.
|Unit=
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 12/9/1944 aged 32.
|Home address=No family information yet.
}}

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 |Date of birth=Born in Castletown, Isle of Man, 31/1/1912 (some records show 31/3/1912).
 |Age=32 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Artillery and underwent Basic Training.  Posted to the 88th Anti-Tank Regiment.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 on the surrender of Singapore.  Taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese.
-|Died/Killed in action=Died 12/9/1944 aged 32 in the attack by an American submarine on a Japanese transport making its way to the Japanese mainland.  As the ships did not carry the relevant identification, provided for under the Geneva Convention, to show that PoWs were aboard, the Americans were unaware of the cargo.  Commemorated, as are hundreds of other casualties from this attack, on the Singapore Memorial at Column 15.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 12/9/1944 aged 32 in the attack by an American submarine on a Japanese transport making its way to the Japanese mainland.  As the ship did not carry the relevant identification, provided for under the Geneva Convention, to show that PoWs were aboard, the Americans were, sadly, unaware of the cargo.  Commemorated, as are hundreds of other casualties from this attack, on the Singapore Memorial - at Column 15.
 |Home address=Father - James Condon 1879 - ?, mother Lavinnia Uglow 1876 - ?.  Married Jean Abram.
 }}

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 |Rank=Gunner
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
-|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
+|Date of birth=Born in Castletown, Isle of Man, 31/1/1912 (some records show 31/3/1912).
 |Age=32 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=
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 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 on the surrender of Singapore.  Taken Prisoner of War by the Japanese.
-|Died/Killed in action=Died 12/9/1944 aged 32.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 12/9/1944 aged 32 in the attack by an American submarine on a Japanese transport making its way to the Japanese mainland.  As the ships did not carry the relevant identification, provided for under the Geneva Convention, to show that PoWs were aboard, the Americans were unaware of the cargo.  Commemorated, as are hundreds of other casualties from this attack, on the Singapore Memorial at Column 15.
-|Home address=No family information yet.
+|Home address=Father - James Condon 1879 - ?, mother Lavinnia Uglow 1876 - ?.  Married Jean Abram.
 }}