Pearson Joseph Lance Corporal 4273941
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Personnel Entry
Name Pearson Joseph
Army number 4273941
Rank Lance Corporal
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 28
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 19/7/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location unknown.
Company/Battery Not yet known.
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 19/7/1943 - cause of death unknown.
Home address Son of Robert and Elizabeth Pearson. Husband of Mary Pearson (nee Sanderson) of Seahouses, Northumberland. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 5.K.11. Chungkai War Cemetery.
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