Douthwaite Lester Fusilier 4275043
Personnel Entry
Name Douthwaite Lester
Army number 4275043
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 24
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 8/8/1943 (CWGC records show 7/8/1943) at Tarsoa, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery Z 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 Malaria and malnutrition 8/8/1943.
Home address Son of Lister and Edna Douthwaite of Ilkley, Yorkshire. Husband of Wilhelmina Douthwaite who lived at 40, Brewery Road, Ilkley. Buried initially in grave 93/2 in Tarsoa. Re-interred in grave 4.A.62. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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