Laidler Robert Fusilier 4273835
Personnel Entry
Name Laidler Robert
Army number 4273835
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 23
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 5/10/1943 at Tamajo, Siam, whilst a prisoner of the Japanese.
Company/Battery W 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 from Dysentery 5/10/1943.
Home address No family information available other than that mother lived at 13, Woodlands, Rothbury. Buried initially by Reverend J F Short, Chaplain to the Forces (subsequently deceased). Re-interred in grave 2.Q.30. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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