Townsley Ambrose Sergeant 4265967
Personnel Entry
Name Townsley Ambrose
Army number 4265967
Rank Sergeant
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Not yet known.
Age 35 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served Malaya. DIED 26/6/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese – location Nakom Paton, Siam.
Company/Battery Z Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions Sgt.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes – captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 26/6/1944 - cause of death Dysentery. Interred in Grave 13/9 Nakom Paton. Re-interred in grave 8.A.56. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery.
Home address Son of Ambrose and Jean Townsley of Berwick on Tweed. Wife lived at 10, Sea View, Highfields, Berwick on Tweed.
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