Hume John Fusilier 4275592
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Hume John
Army number 4275592
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age Not yet known.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 6/9/1943 at Thambizaya, Burma, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery W 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 6/9/1943.
Home address No family information available other than that wife lived at 10, Cowpen Road, Cowpen, Blyth. Buried initially in grave 87, Thambizaya. Re-interred in grave B1.D.20. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery.
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