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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Milburn William
|Army number=4278465
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=33
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 31/8/1943 at tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
|Company/Battery=Y Company.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED from Dysentery following Cholera 31/8/1943.
|Home address=Mother - Mrs G Black - lived at 3, East Street, North Seaton, Ashington. Buried initially in grave 165/2 at Tarsoa.
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 |Army number=4278465
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered Q1 1910, Auckland District of County Durham.
-|Age=33
+|Age=33 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 31/8/1943 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 31/8/1943 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
 |Company/Battery=Y 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 from Dysentery following Cholera 31/8/1943.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED from Dysentery following Cholera 31/8/1943.  Buried initially in Grave 165/2 at Tarsoa No. 2 Cemetery.  Re-interred 1/3/1946 in Grave 4.B.33. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "GOD'S GREATEST GIFT, REMEMBRANCE".  Probate granted 8/8/1945 at Newcastle on Tyne to Grace Lilian Black, widow.  William's address was given as 3, East Street North, Seaton Colliery.
-|Home address=Son of John William Milburn and of Grace Lilian Milburn of Seaton Hirst, Ashington, Northumberland.  Mother - Mrs G Black - lived at 3, East Street, North Seaton, Ashington.  Buried initially in grave 165/2 at Tarsoa.  Re-interred in grave 4.B.33. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Son of John William Milburn and of Grace Lilian Milburn of Seaton Hirst, Ashington, Northumberland.  At the time of the 1911 Census, when William was 4 months old, he lived with his parents at 21, Wellington Street, Southwick-on-Wear, Sunderland.  Mother - Mrs G Black - lived at 3, East Street, North Seaton, Ashington.
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