White George Fusilier 4273349
Personnel Entry
Name White George
Army number 4273349
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Not yet able to be traced definitively.
Age 25 at the time of his death.
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. DIED 29/9/1945 having been a prisoner of the Japanese – location Tanbizaya, Burma. Battalion records shows date of death as 20/9/1943 - this may be a transcription error.
Company/Battery Y 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 29/9/1945 - cause of death Beri Beri and Diarrhoea. Initially interred in Tambaya Cemetery 9. Re-interred January 1946 in Grave B1.L.10. Thanbyuzayat War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "PEACEFULLY SLEEPING, FAR FROM HOME. IN GOD'S KEEPING. TILL WE MEET AGAIN".
Home address Son of James and Agnes Spears White of Ladbroke Street, Amble, Northumberland.
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