Sheils Patrick John Sergeant 7011208
Personnel Entry
Name Shiels Patrick John
Army number 7011208
Rank Sergeant
Decorations
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 48
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Ulster Rifles - dates not know. Transferred to, or re-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 John and Ellen Shiels, husband of Frances Shiels of Newcastle upon Tyne. No details of initial interment. Re-interred in grave 4.A.15. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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