Wait Thomas Fusilier 4273895 - Revision history

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{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=Wait Thomas
|Army number=4273895
|Rank=Fusilier
|Decorations=
|Date of birth=Not yet known.
|Age=27
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 28/5/1943 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 28/5/1943 - cause of death unknown.
|Home address=No family information as yet. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 2.F.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
}}

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 |Date of birth=Birth registered Q3 1915, mother's maiden name Cockburn.
 |Age=27 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 28/5/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Kanchanaburi, Siam.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served B.E.F.?  Served Malaya.  DIED 28/5/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Kanchanaburi, Siam.
 |Company/Battery=Z Company.
 |Task or role=Not yet known.
 |Promotions=None 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 28/5/1943 - cause of death - Dysentery.  Interred in Kanburi Paper Mill Cemetery, Grave 11, Kanchanaburi.  Re-interred 29/1/1946 in grave 2.F.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 28/5/1943 - cause of death - Dysentery.  Interred in Kanburi Paper Mill Cemetery, Grave 11, Kanchanaburi.  Re-interred 29/1/1946 in grave 2.F.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.  No headstone inscription.
 |Home address=Father lived at Gallowgate Cottages, Norham on Tweed, Northumberland.
 }}

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 |Rank=Fusilier
 |Decorations=None known.
-|Date of birth=Not yet known.
+|Date of birth=Birth registered Q3 1915, mother's maiden name Cockburn.
 |Age=27 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 28/5/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Kanchanaburi, Siam.
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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
-|Died/Killed in action=DIED 28/5/1943 - cause of death Dysentery.  Interred in Grave 11, Kanchanaburi.  Re-interred in grave 2.F.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
+|Died/Killed in action=DIED 28/5/1943 - cause of death - Dysentery.  Interred in Kanburi Paper Mill Cemetery, Grave 11, Kanchanaburi.  Re-interred 29/1/1946 in grave 2.F.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
 |Home address=Father lived at Gallowgate Cottages, Norham on Tweed, Northumberland.
 }}
-Fusilier Thomas Wait - commemorated on this page - was the brother of Fusilier William Wait, who was declared MISSING and subsequently presumed KILLED in ACTION on 15/2/1942.  This, sadly, is a feature of local Territorial Battalions where brothers and cousins often joined together.  The two brothers' Regimental Numbers are only two digits apart.
+Fusilier Thomas Wait - commemorated on this page - was the brother of Fusilier William Wait, who was declared MISSING and subsequently presumed KILLED in ACTION on 15/2/1942.  His remains were apparently not able to be recovered and he is commemorated on the Singapore Memorial.  This, sadly, is a feature of local Territorial Battalions where brothers and cousins often joined together.  The two brothers' Regimental Numbers are only two digits apart.

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		+	Fusilier Thomas Wait - commemorated on this page - was the brother of Fusilier William Wait, who was declared MISSING and subsequently presumed KILLED in ACTION on 15/2/1942. This, sadly, is a feature of local Territorial Battalions where brothers and cousins often joined together. The two brothers' Regimental Numbers are only two digits apart.