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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Mills Gordon Wilson
|Army number=4272872
|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 29/8/1943 at Kando, Burma, 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 of Malaria and Malnutrition 29/8/1943.
|Home address=Father lived at 52, Clayport, Alnwick. No details available of initial interment.
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 |Army number=4272872
 |Rank=Fusilier
-|Decorations=
+|Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered 1919 at Alnwick.  Mother's maiden surname Ross.
-|Age=23
+|Age=23 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  DIED 29/8/1943 at Kando, Burma, 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 29/8/1943 at Kando, Burma, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
 |Company/Battery=Y Company.
-|Task or role=
+|Task or role=Not yet known.
 |Promotions=Extract from Regimental records suggests promotion to Lance Corporal.
-|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 Malaria and Malnutrition 29/8/1943.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Malaria and Malnutrition 29/8/1943.  Initially interred in Kando Cemetery - Graves 19 and 20.  Re-interred January 1946 in Grave B6.J.4. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "THY WILL BE DONE".  Probate granted 14/9/1946 Newcastle upon Tyne to John Edward Mills, electrical fitter.
-|Home address=Son of George Wilson Mills and Isabella Susan Mills of Alnwick, Northumberland.  Father lived at 52, Clayport, Alnwick.  No details available of initial interment.  Re-interred in grave B6.J.4. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Son of George Wilson Mills and Isabella Susan Mills of Alnwick, Northumberland.  Father lived at 52, Clayport, Alnwick.
 }}