Emerson James Arthur Fusilier 4274806

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Name Emerson James Arthur
Army number 4274806
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 25
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 5/11/1943 at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery X 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 5/11/1943 of Dysentery and bronchial pneumonia.
Home address Husband of Ethel M Emerson who lived at 14, High Street, Newburn on Tyne. Buried initially in grave 374/2 at Tarsoa. Re-interred in grave 4.C.71. Kanchanaburi War cemetery.
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