Dowie Albert Fusilier 4271693 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Dowie Albert
|Army number=4271693
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=21
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 6/3/1943 at Changi, Singapore, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=
|Task or role=HQ Company.
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED of appendicitis 6/3/1943.
|Home address=Father lived at 19, Narrowgate, Alnwick. Buried initially in grave FF2, Changi.
}}

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 |Army number=4271693
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Born 1921, Alnwick, Northumberland.  Mother's maiden surname Pile.
 |Age=21
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 6/3/1943 at Changi, Singapore, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 6/3/1943 at Changi, Singapore, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
-|Company/Battery=
+|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
-|Task or role=HQ Company.
+|Task or role=Not yet known.
-|Promotions=
+|Promotions=None known.
-|Wounded=
+|Wounded=Not as 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 of appendicitis 6/3/1943.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Appendicitis 6/3/1943.  Buried 7/3/1943 initially in Grave FF2, Changi Military Cemetery.  Re-interred 1/5/1946 in Grave 13.A.11. Kranji War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "DEEP IN OUR HEARTS A MEMORY IS KEPT OF A SON WE LOVED AND WILL NEVER FORGET".
-|Home address=Son of James and Annie Wilson Dowie of Barresdale, Northumberland.  Father lived at 19, Narrowgate, Alnwick.  Buried initially in grave FF2, Changi.  Re-interred in grave 13.A.11. Kranji War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Son of James and Annie Wilson Dowie of Barresdale, Northumberland.  Father lived at 19, Narrowgate, Alnwick.
 }}