Mason Norman Fusilier 4274515 - Revision history

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Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Mason Norman |Army number=4274515 |Rank=Fusilier |Decorations= |Date of birth=Date not yet known. |Age=23 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northu..."

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Mason Norman
|Army number=4274515
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=23
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 6/2/1944 at Changi, Singapore, 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 Cerebral malaria 6/2/1944.
|Home address=Father lived at 2, Sea View, Swarland, Morpeth. No details available of initial interment.
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 |Army number=4274515
 |Rank=Fusilier (Regimental Orders state Lance Corporal).
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=1920 or 1921 but exact date not yet known (too many men with the same name born around the same time in the area to be definitive).
-|Age=23
+|Age=23 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 6/2/1944 (CWGC has 6/3/1944) 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 6/2/1944 (CWGC has 6/3/1944) at Changi, Singapore, 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=Lance 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 Cerebral malaria 6/3/1944 (Regimental Orders shows 6/2/1944).
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Cerebral malaria 6/3/1944 (Regimental Orders shows 6/2/1944).  Initially interred in Grave 3/L 12 Changi Military Cemetery.  Re-interred 2/5/1946 in Grave 16.B.6. Kranji War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "SLEEP SOFTLY, SON, IN HONOUR REST; SUCH SACRIFICE BY GOD IS BLESSED".  Probate granted 10/12/1945 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Margaret Jane Mason, wife of George Shield Mason (Norman's mother).
-|Home address=Son of George S Mason and Margaret J Mason of Swarland, Northumberland.  Father lived at 2, Sea View, Swarland, Morpeth.  No details available of initial interment.  Re-interred in grave 16.B.6. Kranji War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Son of George Shield Mason and Margaret Jane Mason of Swarland, Northumberland.  Father lived at 2, Sea View, Swarland, Morpeth.
 }}