McCabe Henry Fusilier 6210710

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Name McCabe Henry
Army number 6210710
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 24
Unit Enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment - dates not known. Transferred to, or re-enlisted in, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 6/1/1944 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery HO Company.
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 from Beri Beri and malaria 6/1/1944.
Home address No family information other than that father lived at 32, Hammel Rise, Hemsworth. Buried initially in grave 426/2 at Tarsoa. Re-interred grave 4.D.22. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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