Emerson James Arthur Fusilier 4274806 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Emerson James Arthur
|Army number=4274806
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=25
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 5/11/1943 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=X Company.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 5/11/1943 of Dysentery and bronchial pneumonia.
|Home address=Wife lived at 14, High Street, Newburn on Tyne. Buried initially in grave 374/2 at Tarsoa.
}}

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 |Army number=4274806
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered in Castle Ward, Northumberland in 1918.  Mother's maiden surname Hannant.
 |Age=25
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  DIED 5/11/1943 at Tarsoa, Siam, 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 5/11/1943 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
 |Company/Battery=X 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 5/11/1943 of Dysentery and bronchial pneumonia.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 5/11/1943 of Dysentery and Bronchial Pneumonia.  Buried initially in Grave 374/2 at Tarsoa.  Re-interred in Grave 4.C.71. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "UNTIL THE DAWN BREAKS, BELOVED".  Probate granted 4/12/1945 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Ethel May Emerson, widow.
-|Home address=Husband of Ethel M Emerson who lived at 14, High Street, Newburn on Tyne.  Buried initially in grave 374/2 at Tarsoa.  Re-interred in grave 4.C.71. Kanchanaburi War cemetery.
+|Home address=Husband of Ethel M Emerson who lived at 14, High Street, Newburn on Tyne.
 }}