Forster John Alexander Corporal 4273913 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 09:41, 27 June 2018

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	\|Army number=4273913		\|Army number=4273913
	\|Rank=Corporal		\|Rank=Corporal
	\|Decorations=		\|Decorations=None known.
	\|Date of birth=~~Date not yet known~~.		\|Date of birth=Birth registered in Berwick in 1921, mother's maiden surname Henderson.
	\|Age=21		\|Age=21
	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 7/9/1943 at Kanchanaburi, 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 7/9/1943 at Kanchanaburi, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
	\|Company/Battery=HO Company.		\|Company/Battery=HQ Company.
	\|Task or role=		\|Task or role=Not yet known.
	\|Promotions=		\|Promotions=Corporal.
	\|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 of Dysentery, Beri Beri, malaria and debility 7/9/1943.		\|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Dysentery, Beri Beri, malaria and debility 7/9/1943. Buried initially in Grave 150 at Kanchanaburi Paper Mill by Reverend Davidson. Re-interred 30/1/1946 in Grave 2.J.7. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "WE LONG FOR THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILL". Probate granted 15/7/1946 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Ethel Miller Forster, wife of John Alfred Forster.
	\|Home address=Son of John Alfred and Ethel Miller Forster of Berwick on Tweed. ~~Father~~ lived at 10, Bankhill, Berwick on Tweed. ~~Buried initially in grave 150 at Kanchanaburi by Reverend Davidson. Re-interred in grave 2.J.7. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.~~		\|Home address=Son of John Alfred and Ethel Miller Forster of Berwick on Tweed. John had lived at 10, Bankhill, Berwick on Tweed, with his family.
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70bgadmin at 16:31, 18 August 2016

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	\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.		\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
	\|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Dysentery, Beri Beri, malaria and debility 7/9/1943.		\|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Dysentery, Beri Beri, malaria and debility 7/9/1943.
	\|Home address=Father lived at 10, Bankhill, Berwick on Tweed. Buried initially in grave 150 at Kanchanaburi by Reverend Davidson.		\|Home address=Son of John Alfred and Ethel Miller Forster of Berwick on Tweed. Father lived at 10, Bankhill, Berwick on Tweed. Buried initially in grave 150 at Kanchanaburi by Reverend Davidson. Re-interred in grave 2.J.7. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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70bgadmin at 15:31, 15 August 2016

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	\|Wounded=		\|Wounded=
	\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.		\|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
	\|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Dysentery, ~~Ben Ben~~, malaria and debility 7/9/1943.		\|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Dysentery, Beri Beri, malaria and debility 7/9/1943.
	\|Home address=Father lived at 10, Bankhill, Berwick on Tweed. Buried initially in grave 150 at Kanchanaburi by Reverend Davidson.		\|Home address=Father lived at 10, Bankhill, Berwick on Tweed. Buried initially in grave 150 at Kanchanaburi by Reverend Davidson.
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|Surname and forenames=Forster John Alexander
|Army number=4273913
|Rank=Corporal
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=21
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 7/9/1943 at Kanchanaburi, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=HO Company.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Dysentery, Ben Ben, malaria and debility 7/9/1943.
|Home address=Father lived at 10, Bankhill, Berwick on Tweed. Buried initially in grave 150 at Kanchanaburi by Reverend Davidson.
}}