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| − | |Date of birth= | + | |Date of birth=Birth registered Q3 1907 |
| − | |Age=37 | + | |Age=37 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 30/10/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese - location | + | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 30/10/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese - location Tambaya (possibly Tanbyazat). |
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| − | |Task or role= | + | |Task or role=Not yet known. |
| − | |Promotions= | + | |Promotions=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 30/10/1943 - cause of death | + | |Died/Killed in action=DIED 30/10/1943 - cause of death Dysentery, Beri Beri and Malnutrition. Interred in Tambaya Cemetery 9. Re-interred January 1946 in Grave B6.5.9. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "TILL MEMORY FADES AND LIFE DEPARTS HE WILL LIVE FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS". Probate granted 4/3/1946 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Mary Josephine Nixon, widow. |
| − | |Home address=Son of John and Mary Nixon of Alnwick, Northumberland. Husband of Mary Josephine Nixon of Alnwick. | + | |Home address=Son of John and Mary Nixon of Alnwick, Northumberland. At the time of the 1911 Census he was 3years old and living with his parents at Embleton. Married Mary Carr Q2 1927. LIved at 55, Thomas Close, Alnwick. Husband of Mary Josephine Nixon of Alnwick. |
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Latest revision as of 15:41, 16 July 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Nixon Robert
Army number 4273278
Rank Corporal
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Birth registered Q3 1907
Age 37 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 30/10/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese - location Tambaya (possibly Tanbyazat).
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions 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 30/10/1943 - cause of death Dysentery, Beri Beri and Malnutrition. Interred in Tambaya Cemetery 9. Re-interred January 1946 in Grave B6.5.9. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "TILL MEMORY FADES AND LIFE DEPARTS HE WILL LIVE FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS". Probate granted 4/3/1946 at Newcastle upon Tyne to Mary Josephine Nixon, widow.
Home address Son of John and Mary Nixon of Alnwick, Northumberland. At the time of the 1911 Census he was 3years old and living with his parents at Embleton. Married Mary Carr Q2 1927. LIved at 55, Thomas Close, Alnwick. Husband of Mary Josephine Nixon of Alnwick.
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