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|Surname and forenames=Doran John George
 
|Surname and forenames=Doran John George
 
|Army number=4276646
 
|Army number=4276646
|Rank=Fusilier
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|Rank=Fusilier.  Battalion records show Lance Corporal.
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|Decorations=None known.
 
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
 
|Date of birth=Date not yet known.
|Age=31
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|Age=31 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 1/9/1945, location not known, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
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|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers.  Posted to the 9th Battalion.  Served Malaya.  DIED 1/9/1945, location not known, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.  Battalion records suggest that he was believed to have died with F Force on the Burma-Siam border during 1943.
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|Company/Battery=Z Company.
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|Task or role=Not yet known.
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|Promotions=L/Cpl.
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|Wounded=Not as 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 1/9/1945 - cause of death not known.
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|Died/Killed in action=DIED 1/9/1945 - cause of death not known.  No details of initial interment.  Re-interred in grave B6.J.19. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
|Home address=No family information as yet.  No details of initial interment.  Re-interred in grave B6.J.19. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
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|Home address=Mother lived at 18, Freehold Street, Blyth, Northumberland. 
 
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Personnel Entry

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Name Doran John George
Army number 4276646
Rank Fusilier. Battalion records show Lance Corporal.
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 31 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 1/9/1945, location not known, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. Battalion records suggest that he was believed to have died with F Force on the Burma-Siam border during 1943.
Company/Battery Z Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions L/Cpl.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 1/9/1945 - cause of death not known. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave B6.J.19. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
Home address Mother lived at 18, Freehold Street, Blyth, Northumberland.
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