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| − | |Decorations= | + | |Decorations=None known. |
| − | |Date of birth= | + | |Date of birth=Research suggests birth registered at Tynemouth, Northumberland, 1919. Mother's maiden surname Mason. |
| − | |Age=24 | + | |Age=24 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 7/8/1943 at Kinsiok Station, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 7/8/1943 at Kinsiok Station, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese. |
|Company/Battery=Z Company. | |Company/Battery=Z Company. | ||
| − | |Task or role= | + | |Task or role=Not yet known. |
| − | |Promotions= | + | |Promotions=Lance Corporal. |
| − | |Wounded= | + | |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 from Cholera 7/8/1943. | + | |Died/Killed in action=DIED from Cholera 7/8/1943. Buried initially in Grave H4 at Kinsiok by Major Webb, Punjab Regiment. Re-interred 16/3/1946 in Grave 8.H.51. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART" HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE". |
| − | |Home address=Aunt - Mrs H Cummings - lived at 24, Hawthorne Villas, Cramlington, Northumberland. | + | |Home address=Aunt - Mrs H Cummings - lived at 24, Hawthorne Villas, Cramlington, Northumberland. |
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Latest revision as of 18:24, 3 July 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Mason Frederick
Army number 4275559
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Research suggests birth registered at Tynemouth, Northumberland, 1919. Mother's maiden surname Mason.
Age 24 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 7/8/1943 at Kinsiok Station, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery Z Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Lance Corporal.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
Died/Killed in action DIED from Cholera 7/8/1943. Buried initially in Grave H4 at Kinsiok by Major Webb, Punjab Regiment. Re-interred 16/3/1946 in Grave 8.H.51. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART" HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE".
Home address Aunt - Mrs H Cummings - lived at 24, Hawthorne Villas, Cramlington, Northumberland.
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