Difference between revisions of "Collier James Howard Fusilier 4274935"
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|Rank=Fusilier | |Rank=Fusilier | ||
|Decorations=None known. | |Decorations=None known. | ||
| − | |Date of birth=Date not yet | + | |Date of birth=Date not yet able to be traced definitively - common name. |
|Age=25 at the time of his death. | |Age=25 at the time of his death. | ||
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, at sea en route to Japan from Singapore when the transport Rakuyo Maru was sunk by an Allied submarine. | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, at sea en route to Japan from Singapore when the transport Rakuyo Maru was sunk by an Allied submarine. |
|Company/Battery=X Company. | |Company/Battery=X Company. | ||
|Task or role=Not yet known. | |Task or role=Not yet known. | ||
|Promotions=None known. | |Promotions=None known. | ||
|Wounded=Not so far as is known. | |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 - drowned - 12/9/1944. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial. | + | |Died/Killed in action=DIED - drowned - 12/9/1944. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial, as his remains were presumably unable to be recovered. Probate granted 10/4/1946 to John Samson Collier, retired postman. |
| − | |Home address=Son of John and Mary Collier of Hillingdon, Middlesex. | + | |Home address=Son of John and Mary Collier of 47, Woodcroft Crescent, Hillingdon, Middlesex. |
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To read a detailed article by the IWM on the sinking of these Japanese transports, please click [https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-sinking-of-prisoner-of-war-transport-ships-in-the-far-east here]. | To read a detailed article by the IWM on the sinking of these Japanese transports, please click [https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-sinking-of-prisoner-of-war-transport-ships-in-the-far-east here]. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:46, 15 July 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Collier James Howard
Army number 4274935
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Date not yet able to be traced definitively - common name.
Age 25 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 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese, at sea en route to Japan from Singapore when the transport Rakuyo Maru was sunk by an Allied submarine.
Company/Battery X Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
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 - drowned - 12/9/1944. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial, as his remains were presumably unable to be recovered. Probate granted 10/4/1946 to John Samson Collier, retired postman.
Home address Son of John and Mary Collier of 47, Woodcroft Crescent, Hillingdon, Middlesex.
Source table
To read a detailed article by the IWM on the sinking of these Japanese transports, please click here.
