Sweeney Thomas Fusilier 4276942 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 11:10, 11 July 2018

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	\|Rank=Fusilier		\|Rank=Fusilier
	\|Decorations=None known.		\|Decorations=None known.
	\|Date of birth=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Date of birth=Research suggests 20/4/1915 but this may not be accurate, as there are many men with the same name born around this time.
	\|Age=37 at the time of his death.		\|Age=37 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 2/9/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Tanbizaya, on arrival by train.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 2/9/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Tanbizaya, on arrival by train.
	\|Company/Battery=W Company.		\|Company/Battery=W Company.
	\|Task or role=Not yet known.		\|Task or role=Not yet known.
	\|Promotions=None known.		\|Promotions=None known.
	\|Wounded=Not so far as is known.		\|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 2/9/1943 - cause of death unknown. Interred Grave 117, Tanbizaya. Re-interred in ~~grave~~ B1.F.7. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.		\|Died/Killed in action=DIED 2/9/1943 - cause of death as yet unknown. Interred Grave 117, Tanbizaya. Re-interred January 1946 in Grave B1.F.7. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "GOD GENTLY CLOSED YOUR WEARY EYES AND TOOK YOU IN HIS CARE - R.I.P.". Probate granted 17/5/1946 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Mary Lally, widow.
	\|Home address=Son of John and B A Sweeney of Newcastle upon Tyne. Mrs Sweeney lived at 2, Westbury Avenue, Daisy Hill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.		\|Home address=Son of John and B A Sweeney of Newcastle upon Tyne. At the time of the 1939 General Register Thomas lived with his wife at West Farm Bedlingtonshire and worked as a tractor driver (again, this requires confirmation as the research threw up many men with the same name of similar age). Mrs Sweeney lived at 2, Westbury Avenue, Daisy Hill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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70bgadmin at 16:41, 5 June 2018

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	\|Army number=4276942		\|Army number=4276942
	\|Rank=Fusilier		\|Rank=Fusilier
	\|Decorations=		\|Decorations=None known.
	\|Date of birth=Not yet known.		\|Date of birth=Not yet known.
	\|Age=37		\|Age=37 at the time of his death.
	\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 2/9/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location ~~unknown~~.		\|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 2/9/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Tanbizaya, on arrival by train.
	\|Company/Battery=~~Not yet known~~.		\|Company/Battery=W 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.
	\|Died/Killed in action=DIED 2/9/1943 - cause of death unknown.		\|Died/Killed in action=DIED 2/9/1943 - cause of death unknown. Interred Grave 117, Tanbizaya. Re-interred in grave B1.F.7. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
	\|Home address=Son of John and B A Sweeney of Newcastle upon Tyne. ~~No details of initial interment. Re~~-~~interred in grave B1.F.7. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery~~.		\|Home address=Son of John and B A Sweeney of Newcastle upon Tyne. Mrs Sweeney lived at 2, Westbury Avenue, Daisy Hill, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
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|Surname and forenames=Sweeney Thomas
|Army number=4276942
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=37
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 2/9/1943 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 2/9/1943 - cause of death unknown.
|Home address=Son of John and B A Sweeney of Newcastle upon Tyne. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave B1.F.7. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
}}