Mole Joseph Fusilier 4273561
Personnel Entry
Name Mole Joseph
Army number 4273561
Rank Fusilier
Decorations
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 34
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED 22/5/1943 (CWGC has 23/5/1943) 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 23/5/1943 (Regimental Orders shows 22/5/1943) - cause of death shown as Anaemia.
Home address Son of James and Ann Hewitt Mole of Alnwick. Husband of Hannah Mole of Alnwick, Northumberland. Buried initially in grave 17 Kanchanaburi. Re-interred in grave 2.F.14. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
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