Brown Frank Lance Corporal 4274207
Personnel Entry
Name Brown Frank
Army number 4274207
Rank Lance Corporal
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 23
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED whilst a prisoner in Japanese hands 29/11/1944.
Company/Battery HO Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - taken prisoner at Singapore 15/2/1942.
Died/Killed in action DIED of Blackwater Fever at Onte Bridge, near Brankasi, Siam 29/11/1944.
Home address Son of George and Caroline Brown of Whittingham, Northumberland. Father lived at The Croft, Whittingham. No details available of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 2.G.71. in Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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