Castle Joseph Fusilier 4275798
Personnel Entry
Name Castle Joseph
Army number 4275798
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 26 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 19/10/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, (CWGC shows date of death as 29/10/1943) whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery X Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
Died/Killed in action DIED of malnutrition and avitaminosis 29/10/1943 (Regimental records show date of death as 19/10/1943). Buried by Father Cowan, Chaplain to the Forces, initially in grave 370N, Chungkai, Siam. Re-interred in grave 9.A.12 in Chungkai War Cemetery.
Home address Father lived at 58, Howe Street, Gateshead.
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