Scott Matthew Fusilier 4278276 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Scott Matthew
|Army number=4278276
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=25
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 1/8/1945 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location unknown.
|Company/Battery=Not yet known.
|Task or role=
|Promotions=
|Wounded=
|Prisoner of War=Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 1/8/1945 - cause of death unknown.
|Home address=Son of Matthew and Margaret Scott of Wallsend, Northumberland. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 6.E.66. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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 |Rank=Fusilier
 |Decorations=None as far as is known.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=9/4/1920, Wallsend.
 |Age=25 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 1/8/1945 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Diitrey, 12km from Pratchapkirikan, Siam.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?   Served Malaya.  DIED 1/8/1945 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Diitrey, 12km from Pratchapkirikan, Siam.
 |Company/Battery=HQ Company.
 |Task or role=Not yet known.
 |Promotions=None as far as is known.
 |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 1/8/1945 - cause of death Malaria.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 1/8/1945 - cause of death Malaria.  Interred Grave 95, 12 KIlometere Camp, Diitrey.  Re-interred 4/4/1946 in Grave 6.E.66. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  Headstone inscription reads:- "THE ETERNAL GOD IS THY REFUGE, AND UNDERNEATH ARE THE EVERLASTING ARMS".
-|Home address=Son of Matthew and Margaret Scott of Wallsend, Northumberland.  Mother lived at 35, Thames Street East, Wallsend on Tyne.  Interred Grave 95, Diitrey.  Re-interred in grave 6.E.66. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
+|Home address=Son of Matthew and Margaret Anne Scott (nee Smith) of Wallsend, Northumberland.  At the time of the 1939 General Register Matthew was living at 35, Thames Street East and was working in coal mining as a screen worker.  Mother lived at 35, Thames Street East, Wallsend on Tyne.
 }}