Mason Norman Fusilier 4274515
Personnel Entry
Name Mason Norman
Army number 4274515
Rank Fusilier (Regimental Orders state Lance Corporal).
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 6/2/1944 (CWGC has 6/3/1944) at Changi, Singapore, 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 Cerebral malaria 6/3/1944 (Regimental Orders shows 6/2/1944).
Home address Son of George S Mason and Margaret J Mason of Swarland, Northumberland. Father lived at 2, Sea View, Swarland, Morpeth. No details available of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 16.B.6. Kranji War Cemetery.
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