Hall John Fusilier 4279329
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Hall John
Army number 4279329
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 21
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 13/12/1942 at Tarsoa, 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 of Dysentery 13/12/1942.
Home address No family information available, other than that mother lived at 18, Pine Street, Teams, Gateshead. Buried initially in grave 17/1 at Tarsoa. Re-interred in grave 4.F.3. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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