Dowie Albert Fusilier 4271693
From 70 Brigade
Personnel Entry
Name Dowie Albert
Army number 4271693
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 21
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 6/3/1943 at Changi, Singapore, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role HQ Company.
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED of appendicitis 6/3/1943.
Home address Son of James and Annie Wilson Dowie of Barresdale, Northumberland. Father lived at 19, Narrowgate, Alnwick. Buried initially in grave FF2, Changi. Re-interred in grave 13.A.11. Kranji War Cemetery.
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