Charleson Oliver Fusilier 4275800
Personnel Entry
Name Charleson Oliver
Army number 4275800
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 27 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. DIED at sea 12/9/1944 whilst a prisoner of the Japanese and being transported from Singapore to Japan, when the Rakuyo Maru was topedoed by an Allied submarine. Reported MISSING by the Japanese.
Company/Battery Y Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not as far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore.
Died/Killed in action DIED 12/9/1944 - cause of death - drowning. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial.
Home address Son of Oliver and Ethel Charleson. Husband of Mary Charleson of South Shields.
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