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|Age=26
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|Age=26 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 4/9/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location unknown.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 4/9/1943 (some records show 11/9/1943) whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Kanchanaburi, Siam.
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|Company/Battery=Y Company.
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|Task or role=Not yet known.
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|Promotions=Not as far as is known.
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|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 4/9/1943 - cause of death unknown.
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|Died/Killed in action=DIED 4/9/1943 - cause of death Dysentery.
|Home address=Son of Thomas George Robertson and of Mary Jane Robertson (nee Armstrong) of Belford, Northumberland.  No details of initial interment.  Re-interred in grave 2.L.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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|Home address=Son of Thomas George Robertson and of Mary Jane Robertson (nee Armstrong) of Belford, Northumberland.  Mother lived at Fenwick Steads, Belford.  Interred in Grave 8D Kanchanaburi by Reverend Davidson, Chaplain to the Forces.  Re-interred in grave 2.L.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
 
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Personnel Entry

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Name Robertson Robert
Army number 4274099
Rank Fusilier
Decorations Not so far as is known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 26 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 4/9/1943 (some records show 11/9/1943) whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Kanchanaburi, Siam.
Company/Battery Y Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Not as far as is known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 4/9/1943 - cause of death Dysentery.
Home address Son of Thomas George Robertson and of Mary Jane Robertson (nee Armstrong) of Belford, Northumberland. Mother lived at Fenwick Steads, Belford. Interred in Grave 8D Kanchanaburi by Reverend Davidson, Chaplain to the Forces. Re-interred in grave 2.L.6. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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