Smith George Fusilier 4277334 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Smith George
|Army number=4277334
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=30
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 6/2/1944 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 - cause of death unknown.
|Home address=No family information as yet. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 1.D.7. Chungkai War Cemetery.
}}

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 |Rank=Fusilier
 |Decorations=Not as far as is known
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=19/6/1913 - subject to confirmation.
 |Age=30 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 6/2/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Chungkai, Siam.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 6/2/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Chungkai, Siam.
 |Company/Battery=X 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 6/2/1944 - cause of death Amoebic Dysentery.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 6/2/1944 - cause of death Amoebic Dysentery.  Interred Grave 1185N Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 1.D.7. Chungkai War Cemetery - exact date not yet known.  No headstone inscription.
-|Home address=Wife lived at 23, Elm Street, Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne..  Interred Grave 1185N Chungkai.  Re-interred in grave 1.D.7. Chungkai War Cemetery.
+|Home address=At the time of the 1939 General Register George was living at 23 Back Elm Street and working as a Brickyard Millhand.  Research suggests he married Ivy L L Lewis in West Ham in 1933.  Wife lived at 23, Elm Street, Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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