O'Hare John Robert Lance Corporal 4273563
Personnel Entry
Name O'Hare John Robert
Army number 4273563
Rank Lance Corporal
Decorations None as far as is known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 25
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 14/5/1943 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese - location Chungkai, Siam.
Company/Battery W Battery.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Not as far as is known.
Wounded
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 14/5/1943 - cause of death Dysentery.
Home address Son of Robert and Isabella O'Hare of Morpeth, Northumberland. Mother lived at 54, Sanderson Gardens, Morpeth. Interred in Grave 131S at Chungkai. Re-interred in grave 9.N.2. Chungkai War Cemetery.
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