Kenneally Timothy Fusilier 4271150
Personnel Entry
Name Kenneally Timothy
Army number 4271150
Rank Fusilier
Decorations None known.
Date of birth Research suggests birth registered Q3 1909, Cork, Eire.
Age 32
Unit Enlisted in the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. Posted to the 9th Battalion. Served B.E.F.? Served Malaya. SHOT 30/3/1943 (CWGC states 23/3/1943) by the Japanese at Chungkai, Siam, whilst a prisoner.
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 - it is assumed his death as a result of his execution was instantaneous.
Prisoner of War Yes - captured 15/2/1942 at Singapore when the force was surrendered.
Died/Killed in action EXECUTED 23/3/1943 (Regimental records state 30/3/1943) at Chungkai after escaping from Tarkilen on the night of 6/7/March 1943. Initially interred in Grave No. 3, Chungkai Cemetery, outside the Camp. Re-interred 19/3/1946 in Grave 8.K.30. Kanchanaburi War Cemetery. Headstone inscription reads:- "IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR SON R.I.P".
Home address Son of Timothy and Ann Kenneally of Bishopstown County Cork, Irish Republic. Timothy and his family had lived at Carrigrohane, Ballencollic, County Cork, Eire at the time of the 1911 Census.
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