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Revision as of 15:11, 15 August 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Castle Joseph
Army number 4275798
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 26
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 19/10/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. (CWGC shows date of death as 29/10/1943).
Company/Battery X Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED of malnutrition and avitaminosis 29/10/1943 (Regimental records show date of death as 19/10/1943).
Home address Father lived at 58, Howe Street, Gateshead. Buried by Father Cowan, Chaplain to the Forces, initially in grave 370N, Chungkai, Siam.
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