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| − | |Decorations= | + | |Decorations=None known. |
| − | |Date of birth= | + | |Date of birth=Not yet known. |
| − | |Age=23 | + | |Age=23 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted 9th Battalion. Taken prisoner by the Japanese. Died 12/9/1944 whilst in captivity. | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted 9th Battalion. Taken prisoner by the Japanese. Died at sea 12/9/1944 whilst in captivity and being transported to Japan on the Rakuyo Maru. |
| − | |Company/Battery= | + | |Company/Battery=Y Company. |
| − | |Task or role= | + | |Task or role=Company Quartermaster Sergeant. |
| − | |Promotions= | + | |Promotions=CQMS. |
| − | |Wounded= | + | |Wounded=Not as far as is known. |
| − | |Prisoner of War=15/2/1942 at Singapore. | + | |Prisoner of War=Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore. |
| − | |Died/Killed in action=12/9/1944. Not included on Lt Col Flower's list in Part II Orders of September 1945. | + | |Died/Killed in action=Drowned 12/9/1944. Not included on Lt Col Flower's list in Part II Orders of September 1945 but information concerning his death became available later. Commemorated on Column 45 of the Singapore Memorial. |
| − | |Home address=Son of Gilbert and Mary E.R. Boswell of South Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | + | |Home address=Son of Gilbert and Mary E.R. Boswell of South Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. |
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| + | See the IWM article on this sinking [https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-sinking-of-prisoner-of-war-transport-ships-in-the-far-east here]. | ||
Revision as of 15:51, 6 June 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Boswell Donald Gilbert
Army number 4273903
Rank Company Quartermaster Sergeant.
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted 9th Battalion. Taken prisoner by the Japanese. Died at sea 12/9/1944 whilst in captivity and being transported to Japan on the Rakuyo Maru.
Company/Battery Y Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Company Quartermaster Sergeant.
Joined Brigade
Promotions CQMS.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action Drowned 12/9/1944. Not included on Lt Col Flower's list in Part II Orders of September 1945 but information concerning his death became available later. Commemorated on Column 45 of the Singapore Memorial.
Home address Son of Gilbert and Mary E.R. Boswell of South Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Source table
See the IWM article on this sinking here.
