McManus Myles Fusilier 2980548
Personnel Entry
Name McManus Myles
Army number 2980548
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 29
Unit Enlisted in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders - dates not known. Transferred to, or re-enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 1/8/1943 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 of Dysentery and debility 1/8/1943.
Home address Son of John and Sarah McManus of Paisley, Renfrewshire. Mother lived at 116, Fercuslie Road, Paisley, Glasgow. Buried initially in grave 82/2 at Tarsoa. Re-interred in grave 4.A>56. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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