Mole Joseph Fusilier 4273561
Personnel Entry
Name Mole Joseph
Army number 4273561
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Birth registered in 1909 in Alnwick.
Age 34 at the time of his death.
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 HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not yet known.
Joined Brigade
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not so far as is known.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
Died/Killed in action DIED 23/5/1943 (Regimental Orders shows 22/5/1943) - cause of death shown as Anaemia. Buried initially in Grave 17 Kanchanaburi Paper Mill Cemetery. Re-interred 29/1/1946 in Grave 2.F.14. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM".
Home address Son of James and Ann Hewitt Mole of Alnwick. At the time of the 1911 Census he was living with his family at Railway Cottages, Alnwick. Married Hannah Smith, Q2 1935, Alnwick. Husband of Hannah Mole of Alnwick, Northumberland.
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