Cummings John George Fusilier 4276642
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Cummings John George
Army number 4276642
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 27
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 10/11/1943 at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery Y 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 10/11/1943 of Amoebic dysentery.
Home address No family information available other than that mother lived at 24, Helen Street, Newcastle upon Tyne. Buried initially in grave 876N at Chungkai. Re-interred in grave 6.G.7. Chungkai War Cemetery.
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