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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Tyler Sidney John
|Army number=7619882
|Rank=Private
|Decorations=None yet known.
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=25 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (dates not known). Attached to 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. DIED 6/1/1945 at Oinuta No. 17 Camp in Kyusho, Japan, whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands.
|Company/Battery=HQ Company
|Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Light Aid Detachment.
|Task or role=Not yet known but probably a vehicle fitter.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not as far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured at Singapore 15/2/1952.
|Died/Killed in action=DIED 6/1/1945 - cause of death - Malaria and Oedoema. Remains cremated and interred in the British Wall niche in Yokohama Mausoleum on 13/3/1946 - details incsrbed on the urn. Urn re-interred in Grave P.A.9. Yokohama War Cemetery. No inscription on headstone.
|Home address=Wife lived at 18, Council Houses, Herrongate, Essex.
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 |Rank=Private
 |Decorations=None yet known.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=9/6/1921.  Birth registered 1931, Rochford, Essex.  Mother's maiden surname Brown.
 |Age=25 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (dates not known).  Attached to 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  DIED 6/1/1945 at Oinuta No. 17 Camp in Kyusho, Japan, whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps (dates not known).  Attached to 9th Battalion, Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Served B.E.F.?   Served Malaya.  DIED 6/1/1945 at Oinuta No. 17 Camp in Kyusho, Japan, whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands.
 |Company/Battery=HQ Company
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Light Aid Detachment.
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 |Promotions=None known.
 |Wounded=Not as far as is known.
-|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured at Singapore 15/2/1952.
+|Prisoner of War=Yes - captured at Singapore 15/2/1952 when the force was surrendered.
-|Died/Killed in action=DIED 6/1/1945 - cause of death - Malaria and Oedoema.  Remains cremated and interred in the British Wall niche in Yokohama Mausoleum on 13/3/1946 - details incsrbed on the urn.  Urn re-interred in Grave P.A.9. Yokohama War Cemetery.  No inscription on headstone.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 6/1/1945 - cause of death - Malaria and Oedoema.  Remains cremated and interred in the British Wall niche in Yokohama Mausoleum on 13/3/1946 - details inscribed on the urn.  Urn re-interred 16/9/1946 in Grave P.A.9. Yokohama War Cemetery.  No inscription on headstone.  Probate granted 4/5/1946 at Winchester Registry to Hilda Tyler, Sidney's widow.
-|Home address=Wife lived at 18, Council Houses, Herrongate, Essex.
+|Home address=Son of Thomas G and Rosetta E Tyler.  At the time of the 1939 General Register Sidney was listed as a single man living in Essex with his family and working as an Electrician's Apprentice, although he was apparently literally just about to be married.  Sidney married Hilda Horne (or Powl) in Brentwood Essex in Q3 1939.  Sidney and his wife lived at 18, Council Houses, Herrongate, Essex.
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Tyler Sidney John Private RAOC 7619882 - Revision history

70bgadmin at 09:21, 16 July 2018

70bgadmin: Created page with "{{personnel |Surname and forenames=Tyler Sidney John |Army number=7619882 |Rank=Private |Decorations=None yet known. |Date of birth=Not yet known. |Age=25 at the time of his d..."