Henderson John Willis Fusilier 4274079
Personnel Entry
Name Henderson John Willis
Army number 4274079
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 23 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 18/12/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese - location Tanbazaya, Burma.
Company/Battery Z Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 18/12/1943 - cause of death - Dysentery, Beri Beri and Pellagra. Interred in Grave 731 at Tanbazaya. Re-interred June 1946 in grave B6.Y.3. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. The inscription on the headstone reads - "REST IN PEACE".
Home address Son of Mr and Mrs Alexander Henderson of Bewick, Northumberland. Father lived at Bewick Folly, Alnwick.
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