Charlton Thomas Fusilier 4278380
Personnel Entry
Name Charlton Thomas
Army number 4278380
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Date not yet known.
Age 33 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 in Japanese hands - and being trasported in the Rakuyo Maru from Singapore to Japan when it was torpedoed by an Allied submarine.
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 - drowned as a result of an attack on a transport vessel en route to Japan. Commemorated on Column 46 of the Singapore Memorial.
Home address Husband of Mary Annie Charlton of Burradon, Northumberland.
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