Forster John Alexander Corporal 4273913
Personnel Entry
Name Forster John Alexander
Army number 4273913
Rank Corporal
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 21
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 7/9/1943 at Kanchanaburi, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery HO 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, Beri Beri, malaria and debility 7/9/1943.
Home address Son of John Alfred and Ethel Miller Forster of Berwick on Tweed. Father lived at 10, Bankhill, Berwick on Tweed. Buried initially in grave 150 at Kanchanaburi by Reverend Davidson. Re-interred in grave 2.J.7. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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