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|Army number=4273884 | |Army number=4273884 | ||
|Rank=Sergeant | |Rank=Sergeant | ||
|Decorations= | |Decorations=None known. | ||
|Date of birth= | |Date of birth=Research suggests birth registered Q 2 1909, Hexham, Northumberland. | ||
|Age=32 | |Age=32 at the time of his death. | ||
|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED of WOUNDS between 15/2/1942 and 18/2/1942. | |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED of WOUNDS between 15/2/1942 and 18/2/1942. | ||
|Company/Battery=Z Company. | |Company/Battery=Z Company. | ||
|Task or role= | |Task or role=Not yet known. | ||
|Promotions= | |Promotions=Sergeant. | ||
|Wounded=Yes - on or before 15/2/1942 at Singapore. | |Wounded=Yes - wounded in action on or before 15/2/1942 at Singapore. | ||
|Prisoner of War= | |Prisoner of War=Possibly captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore. | ||
|Died/Killed in action=DIED of Wounds sustained in action 15/2/1942 | |Died/Killed in action=DIED of Wounds sustained in action 15/2/1942. Buried 5/1/1948 in Special Memorial 21.E.2. (common grave) Kranji War Cemetery. | ||
|Home address=Research suggests residence in Hexham and working as a Joiner and Cabinet Maker - this is yet to be confirmed, as is the research finding that his father was Thomas Murray and his mother Annie. | |||
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Revision as of 11:00, 10 June 2018
Personnel Entry
Name Murray William
Army number 4273884
Rank Sergeant
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Research suggests birth registered Q 2 1909, Hexham, Northumberland.
Age 32 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 of WOUNDS between 15/2/1942 and 18/2/1942.
Company/Battery Z Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Sergeant.
Wounded Yes - wounded in action on or before 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Prisoner of War Possibly captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED of Wounds sustained in action 15/2/1942. Buried 5/1/1948 in Special Memorial 21.E.2. (common grave) Kranji War Cemetery.
Home address Research suggests residence in Hexham and working as a Joiner and Cabinet Maker - this is yet to be confirmed, as is the research finding that his father was Thomas Murray and his mother Annie.
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