Oliver John Robert Fusilier 4274026
Personnel Entry
Name Oliver John Robert
Army number 4274026
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None as far as is known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 31 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 16/7/1945 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese - location Diitrey, 12km from Pratchapkirikan, Siam.
Company/Battery W Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None as far as is known.
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 16/7/1945 - cause of death Typhus and Beri Beri.
Home address Son of George and Margaret Oliver. Husband of Irene Margaret Oliver of Whittingham, Northumberland. Mrs Oliver C/o Mrs Jackson Broadstruther, Wooler, Northumberland. Interrred in Grave 61, Diitrey. Re-interred in grave 6.E.44. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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