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Personnel Entry
Name Reay Edward
Army number 4269426
Rank Sergeant
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 29
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 23/3/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location unknown.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 23/3/1943 - cause of death unknown.
Home address Son of Foster and Gertrude Reay. Husband of Lily Reay of Ashington, Northumberland. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 8.K.31. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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